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    "id": 902245,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/902245/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Halake",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13184,
        "legal_name": "Abshiro Soka Halake",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This issue if very emotive and close to the hearts of many people from Northern Kenya. I have said this and I will keep on saying it until the cows come home – the community land, especially in our counties and even in our national jurisdictions are being converted by the Government. We, as the communities, see the Government as the number one grabber of our land. In the last two years only, over 50 areas were gazetted as Government protected forests. We support conservation of forests, but without any compensation and provision of any alternatives, that is tantamount to grabbing land from communities. While I stand to support this Petition, I am very disturbed that this trend is so prevalent in all counties. I would like this Senate to look at what is happening to community land in our country, especially in Northern Kenya where a lot of this land is deemed free just because it is supposed to be grazing land. It is appearing as though it is free land for grabbing. It does not make sense for the duty bearers, somebody who is supposed to be providing land to the people or compensation to just take the land and evict people. There are human rights abuses. We are looking forward to the Committee on Lands to give a way forward. We will definitely make sure that we come to the bottom of this because it is becoming too prevalent for us to bear. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support this Petition."
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