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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what has happened is that, since Maralal Town is small and may not qualify to be a municipality, there was a boundary alteration of sorts that included the community land and group ranches around Maralal Town for it to meet the threshold for being a municipality with regards to acreage. To leave out those communities whose land will constitute Maralal Municipal Town, is an illegality because they were never consulted. Again, under the Community Land Act (ownership and tenure system), protection of community land rights and the role of the county government are all clear. From all these provisions under the recognition, protection and registration of community land rights, these communities were denied their rights because they were not consulted as per the many articles of the Constitution that I have mentioned. The alteration of the boundaries that now encroach into the community lands and conversion of land ownership from freehold to leasehold, as Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri has mentioned, is an illegality under the Constitution and under the Community Land Act. So, the rights of the communities were denied. The community groups were not consulted and now the process is topsy-turvy. This is because the gazette notice went out in May, the municipality has already been gazetted, and public participation is happening after this. Again, we need to move with speed so that this illegality does not become law and the disenfranchisement of the people of Samburu County is reversed by this House. This is something that is going on in other counties as well. Thank you."
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