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    "id": 699764,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. J.M. Nyaga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Muchiri Nyaga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I, the undersigned, on behalf of land owners and concerned residents of Manyatta Constituency, draw the attention of the House to the following:- THAT, in 1991, the Government compulsorily acquired plots Serial Numbers 01 to 12 - 12 plots - to construct the then Manyatta Divisionl Headquarters, which currently serves as the headquarters for Embu North District; THAT, later, the Government earmarked for acquisition 13 plots (Serial Numbers 13 to 25) to cater for the future expansion; THAT, the land owners of the 25 plots were verbally promised by Government of compensation by way of provision of land in Mwea and Njukiri Forest in Embu County; THAT, though all the relevant requirements have been made, including valuation by the Ministry of Lands, the owners of the compulsorily acquired plots have, to date, not been compensated by the Government; THAT, in an attempt to resolve the matter, both the Ministry of Lands and the Ministry of Interior and Co-ordination of National Government have filed reports on fact-finding missions that recommended compensation by the National Treasury; THAT, since the compulsory acquisition, plot owners continue to languish in poverty as they have no stable sources of income; THAT, there have been numerous engagements on the matter among the land owners, the Ministry of Interior and Co-ordination of National Government and the National Treasury as well as the Commission on Administrative Justice - Office of the Ombudsman - in a bid to bring the matter to its logical conclusion and that all those attempts have not been successful; THAT, the issues with respect to which this Petition is made are not pending before any court of law or any constitutional legal body; The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}