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"speaker_name": "Hon. Lusaka",
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"content": " Hon. Senators, I have a Petition by Joel Kenduiywa, a member of the minority Ngerek Community concerning the resettlement of the Community following their proposed eviction from South Nandi Forest in Nandi County. Hon. Senators, pursuant to Standing Order Nos. 226(1)(a) and 230(2)(b), I hereby report to the Senate that a Petition has been submitted, through the Clerk, by Mr. Joel Kenduiywa, a member of the minority Ngerek Community concerning the resettlement of the Community following their proposed eviction from South Nandi Forest in Nandi County. 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.” The salient issues raised in the said Petition are as follows- (a) That, the minority Ngerek Community, comprising about 244 families, has resided in the South Nandi Forest, at Ngerek Village, Chepkumia Location, Emgwen Constituency in Nandi County, since before Independence; (b) That, in 1996, the then Government proposed the resettlement of the minority Ngerek Community from the Forest to enable its conservation and protection as a water catchment area; (c) That, under the proposed Chepkumia Exchange Programme, the 244 families from the Ngerek Community were to be relocated from an area comprising 466 hectares and to be resettled at a parcel of land comprising approximately 1,000 acres in Yala and Kapkangani area in Nandi County; (d) That, once the said parcel was identified, prominent persons who were not members of the Ngerek Community immediately moved in and occupied the land, leaving the minority Ngerek Community without a place to relocate to; (e) That, subsequently, the Government, through the Kenya Forest Service (KFS), issued eviction notices to the said persons who had unlawfully occupied the identified parcel of land. The said persons moved to court to stop the KFS from evicting them. The court ruled, in the year 2007, that the KFS should proceed with eviction of the unlawful occupants and resettle the rightful people, who were the minority Ngerek Community; (f) That, the National Land Commission (NLC) also investigated the matter and, in mid-2018, issued a two months’ notice to the persons unlawfully occupying the land set aside for resettlement of the minority Ngerek Community to vacate the said land. However, the said persons have not moved from the said land; 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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