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    "id": 876852,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Statement by Sen. Pareno. The issue of land ownership in this country is something that must be resolved once and for all. I went to Embakasi and I want to thank Governor Sonko for going there and giving the Maasais something that they could spend for a couple of days. Were it not for the rule of law, I would have called all the Maasais there and have them fight for their rights. There is something that we call ewoshi emouwo and when you blow that trumpet, you call for war. We, the Maasais, have been so gentle and welcoming. Nairobi once belonged to the Maasais but we have now been overtaken. During the constitutional amendment, when the counties were being created, Narok and Kajiado were referred to as the Maasai counties. However, due to the cosmopolitan nonsense, people who have lived in an area for over 38 years and have called it their home, including nine months and one day old children, were forced to leave or to spend the night in the cold because of special interests. We have got the law on adverse possession which is only 12 years old. The reason as to why our people were evicted from that place is because of land compensation that we were talking of earlier on today. There is something that is called spatial awareness which is the ability for you to know your surroundings. One thing that saddens me is that when we were young, and I am sure that you will agree with me, most of us were carried by our mothers and the only thing that we could see was their back. We were not aware of our surroundings. No wonder, when you are forced to put a picture on the wall in your home, you can never put it in a straight way. It is always bending backwards. However, we are now aware of our surroundings. It is time that this Government takes issues to do with the marginalised communities seriously especially when it comes to places where they call their home. With all due respect to the distinguished Senator from Bomet County, the issue of Mau forest cannot be compared with the issue of those people who were evicted there. There is an issue to do with the environment versus the issue to do with why you have occupied that place. These people have been living there. What we know is that there is the issue of compensation because of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) and that is the reason as to why those people were moved out of there."
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