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    "id": 895596,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Petition. Last year, a similar Petition was brought here. It was about the dispute on the boundary of Meru and Isiolo, Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia-Transport (LAPSSET) and the military. The issue was that some of the people who had settled there could have been Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) who had moved there after the 2007 post- election violence. That is the reason as to why I am a bit confused. According to the Petitioner, a piece of land was allocated to the military in 1977 and the IDPs went and occupied the area after the post-election violence. In this case, we have to look at the Constitution. Those people have been living there as from 2007 and that makes it about 12 years. There is the issue of adverse possession. I have done a lot of research in the area and it is true that it is surrounded by the military and issues are coming up. In a place called Urgo Villa, which is 6 kilometers away from Isiolo town, there was an issue with the military. The resident had requested to stay in that area but the military had said that the land belonged to them and that it was a protected area. The Committee should go through the Hansard and establish the status of the Petition that was brought here last August. If that Petition was dispensed with, what was the resolution? Was there an amicable solution? This matter can only be resolved amicably. The residents of Isiolo deserve to have a home and we also deserve to have a military that can protect us. We had the same problem in Narok County where the residents were being forced to surrender over 3,000 acres for a military camp. We need to have a balance on some of these issues. I support this Petition but we need to resolve this matter in an amicable way. The former Governor had talked of the conflict between the military and the residents of Isiolo. The County Government of Isiolo together with the Senator for Isiolo have to find a way of sitting with the military so as to solve this. If we bring issues of boundaries between Meru and Isiolo counties, then it will be difficult to know the jurisdiction under which this issue falls. I remember also some people were arguing that the Ngambera and Ngare Mara adjudication area is in Meru County while others argued that it is in Isiolo County. That The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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