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    "id": 882491,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/882491/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, DP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Gitonga",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13491,
        "legal_name": "George Gitonga Murugara",
        "slug": "george-gitonga-murugara"
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    "content": "THAT, ownership and access to land as a factor of production is an essential enabler of economic empowerment of citizens; THAT, between 1995 and 1997, residents of Ntoroni Sub-Location, previously known as Macabini Sub-Location were displaced from their land due to politically instigated communal clashes; THAT, as a result of the displacement, residents lost their property and other basic social amenities including the following nine registered primary schools that were razed down during the clashes: (i) Karimba Primary School; (ii) Kibangua Primary School; (iii) Mpunguru Primary School; (iv) Machabini Primary School; (v) Kanjoro Primary School; (vi) Riamwanki Primary School; (vii) Kioru Primary School; (viii) Riamikuu Primary School, and; (ix) Kiumbe Primary School. THAT, since then, only two schools, Kioru and Riamwanki, have been re-opened hence denying a majority of children the right to access basic education; FURTHER THAT, victims of the communal clashes have been rendered internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and are perching as vagrants in deplorable conditions on any available public land; THAT, the matter was conclusively investigated by the Government through a Commission of Inquiry led by Mr. Zachary Ogongo and a Report published in 2007; THAT, 12 years since conclusion of the inquiry neither the Commission Report nor its recommendations have been acted upon; THAT, if the matter remains unresolved, victims’ inalienable constitutional rights to property, access to education and access to basic social amenities shall remain at the risk of grave violation, and; THAT, the matters presented in this Petition are not pending before any court of law, constitutional or legal or any other independent body. Therefore, your humble Petitioners pray that the National Assembly, through the Departmental Committee on Lands: (i) investigates the circumstances under which the Zachary Ogongo- led Commission Report on the matter has never been implemented; (ii) intervenes through the relevant Government ministry and agencies to cause expeditious implementation of the recommendations of the said Report; (iii) causes investigation into historical injustices committed to the displaced residents of Ntoroni Sub-Location with a view to recommending appropriate remedies and compensation for the losses incurred as a result of deprivation of livelihood; (iv) recommends to the relevant Government Ministry and agencies to fast-track resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons on their The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}