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    "id": 897823,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/897823/?format=api",
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    "content": "THAT, the Mazrui Trust Land Act established Mazrui Land Trust Board as legal and registered trustees and administrators of the Mazrui lands; THAT, in 1989, the State repealed the Mazrui Land Trust Act and deemed all lands vested in the Mazrui Lands Board of Trustees as trust land; THAT, the State further provided that the rights and interests of persons on the said land would be ascertained in accordance with the Land Adjudication Act (Cap 284, Laws of Kenya); THAT, the Government, through the Kilifi District Land Adjudication and Settlement Office, declared Mazrui Lands at Takaungu (Block No.1) an adjudication section as per Section 5 of the Land Adjudication Act; THAT, aggrieved by both the repeal of the Mazrui Land Trust Act and the declaration that Mazrui lands be subjected to the Land Adjudication Act, the Mazrui moved to court to challenge the law; THAT, in 2012, the court ruling in Civil Case No.185 of 1991 declared the repeal of the Mazrui Land Trust Act unconstitutional and, hence, reverting the land to the Mazrui Land Trust Board; THAT, the court’s verdict has brought uncertainties for fear of evictions and displacement to more than 100,000 families and residents who have lived on the said land for over seven years; THAT, if unresolved, the looming evictions would cause untold suffering to residents, who have no alternative land to relocate to; THAT, efforts to resolve the matter with the relevant bodies have been futile; and, THAT, the issues in respect of which this Petition is made are not pending before any court of law, constitutional or statutory body; THEREFORE, your humble Petitioners pray that the National Assembly, through the Departmental Committee on Lands: (i) investigates and inquires into all matters relating to the Mazrui Trust Land with a view to ensuring that the Ministry of Lands and the National Land Commission institutes measures to ensure that the said land reverts back to the community from whom it was annexed; and, (ii) Makes any other order and/or direction that it deems fit under the circumstance. And your Petitioners will ever pray."
}