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    "id": 838708,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Rachel Nyamai",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13374,
        "legal_name": "Richard Ken Chonga Kiti",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On behalf of the Committee on Lands, I would like to read a Statement from the CS for Interior and Coordination of National Government concerning a statement on allocation of land in the Mwea Settlement Scheme in Mbeere South Constituency. We had earlier read the response from the Ministry of Lands. The Member for Mbeere South, Hon. Geoffrey King’ang’i, had requested for a statement on allocation of land in Mwea Settlement Scheme in Mbeere South Constituency, Embu County. The Member specifically sought to be informed on: (a) When the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning and the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government would resume the resettlement exercise and how soon the legitimate beneficiaries would be resettled; (b) Whether the two ministries are aware that illegitimate groups have hijacked the resettlement exercise with the hope of being included as beneficiaries; (c) Whether the two ministries are aware that the legitimate owners are mobilising themselves to defend their land from infiltration and may forcibly resettle on the land to avoid impending displacement by infiltrators; (d) What measures are being taken to forestall any potential violence among the groups. Mwea Settlement Scheme, which is on LR No.26461 and LR No.317/30, is approximately 17,830.6 hectares. It is in Makima Location, Makima Division, Mbeere South Constituency in Embu County. Attempts to administer the scheme have always been met with opposition, including multiple court cases from interested communities that date back to the 1970s with the Government being the respondent. Consequently, the Government, in its endeavour to resolve the issue, has established various task forces and commissions as follows: Akello Task Force of 1990; J. Chesoni Commission of 1995 and Tung’a Verification Task Force of 2001."
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