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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lusaka",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
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    "content": " Hon. Senators, I hereby report to the Senate that a Petition has been submitted through the Clerk by three persons, who are residents of Kericho and Bomet counties. As you are aware, under Article 119(1) of the Constitution, and I quote: “Every person has a right to petition Parliament to consider any matter within its authority, including enacting, amending or repealing any legislation.” Hon. Senators, the salient issues in the said petition are:- THAT, the residents of Kericho and Bomet counties have suffered numerous historical injustices from 1907 under the hands of colonialist and continue to suffer from the effects of such injustices. These injustices include:- (1) Detention without trial. (2) Economic crimes through unfair confiscation of property, including cows, donkeys, goats, sheep and even dogs. (3) Imposition of internal exile and travel restrictions. Forceful evictions from ancestral land approximating 25,000 acres to white settlement under soldier settlement scheme known as British East Disabled Officers’ Colony (BEADDOC) in 1919 (Duder, 1980), which was later allocated to tea companies including James Finlay (trading as African Highlands Produce Co. Ltd) and Brooke Bond (now Unilever Tea), George Williamson. (4) Forceful transfer of population leading to loss of fertile prime ancestral lands. THAT, efforts have been made to have this matter addressed by the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC), the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) with no success. The petitioners, therefore, pray that the Senate recommends that the National Land Commission (NLC) and the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) carry out investigations under which multinationals in Kericho and Bomet counties acquired the land they own and consider the plight of the residents. Hon. Senators, pursuant to Standing Order 225, I shall now allow comments, observations or clarifications in relation to the Petition for not more than 30 minutes. Yes, Sen. Cheruiyot."
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