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    "id": 707561,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/707561/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Pukose",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Robert Pukose",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to support the Petition by Hon. Lessonet on the issue of squatters. Issues of squatters in some areas resulted from historical injustices dating back to the colonial times. In my county of Trans Nzoia, members of the Sabaot Community were displaced by the colonialists. Up to now the majority of them have not even been resettled. We have other communities who went to Trans Nzoia County and joined the indigenous communities there. Those people got displaced as forest evictees or as a result of clashes and many other issues. Some of them had worked on the colonialists’ farms and have been living there as squatters since Independence. They have never been resettled. Some of our colleagues have embraced the narrative of discrimination against some of the communities living there based on where they came from by claiming that they are Ugandans. Trans Nzoia County borders Uganda. That kind of narrative is retrogressive and primitive. It should not be entertained in this era. As we look into the issue of squatters, let us cover the entire country – right from the Rift Valley region to the Coastal region and elsewhere. The Jubilee Government has given title deeds to squatters and other people within Mombasa and the larger Coastal region. I hope the Government will spread that programme to Trans Nzoia County and other regions within this country. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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