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    "id": 835016,
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    "content": "“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: 1. THAT in 1961, the then Government set aside land in Marmanet Forest in Laikipia, and settled the first group of settlers pending their permanent resettlement, which was to take place after Independence; 2. THAT following Independence in 1963, the group was not resettled elsewhere, and continued residing in Marmanet Forest, where they also built schools, hospitals, cattle dips, places of worship and other social amenities. They were also frequently contracted by the Government, whereby they planted trees and carried out weeding and pruning of the expansive Marmanet Forest; 3. THAT the Government was aware of the existence of these settlers, who numbered about 10,000 and used to set aside land where they could cultivate crops for food to sustain their families while also helping to take care of the Forest; 4. THAT all this changed in the year 1988, when arising from the heated political situation at the time, the settlers were violently evicted from Marmanet Forest, and have since then never been resettled;"
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