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    "id": 817438,
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    "speaker_name": "The Deputy Speaker",
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    "content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Hon. Senators, pursuant to Standing Order 220(1)(a) and 224(2)(b), I hereby report to the Senate that a Petition has been submitted through the Clerk of the Senate by 150 residents of Leleshwa, Gilgil Township in Nakuru County. The Petition relates to the alleged grabbing of public utility and private land in the said area. As you are aware, Article 119(1) of the Constitution states that- “Every person has a right to petition Parliament to consider any matter within its authority, including to enact, amend or repeal any legislation.” The salient issues raised in the said Petition are as follows: (a) THAT, in the year 2000, the then Nakuru County Council carried out the survey and demarcation of approximately 200 plots at Leleshwa, in Gilgil Township, pursuant to the provision of the Physical Planning Act of 1996, which was then in force. (b) THAT, as required under the said law, the subdivision was certified by the then Director of Physical Planning and approved by the Minister for Land as Approved Development Plan No.91. (c) THAT, the plan comprised 90 residential plots of various measurements as well as three parcels of land which were reserved for public utilities, namely a proposed primary school, a proposed secondary school and a proposed nursing home. (d) THAT, following the subdivisions and approval of the development plan, the residential plots were advertised for allocation, and the allocations were done in the year 2004 and 2005. (e) NOTABLY, it was resolved that the parcel of land reserved for a proposed secondary school measuring 4.472 hectares be allocated to the Kenya Police Anti- Stock Theft Unit for the establishment of the Utumishi Girls Secondary School. (f) SUBSEQUENTLY, the Anti-Stock Theft Unit officers invaded and occupied approximately 40 acres of the original parcel of land, including residential plots which had already been allocated to other owners. (g) THAT, various efforts were taken to resolve the standoff until in February 2017, when a stakeholders meeting was convened and a committee was elected to try and resolve the matter. (h) THAT, as a result of political interference from political leaders and officials from the National Land Commission (NLC), who had an interest in the land, the committee was frustrated from freely executing its mandate adequately. (i) SUBSEQUENTLY, a resolution has been forced through the Committee for subdivision of the public utility plots into residential plots and for further subdivision of the initially allocated plots into even smaller plots (j) THAT, efforts by the original allottees to have the grabbing of public utility plots and private Land stopped have not yielded any positive outcome as, according The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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