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    "id": 902279,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/902279/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Hargura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Godana Hargura",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I support the petitioners in submitting their Petition to this House. It is very clear that when the right of the public is being violated by the Government then they have to seek recourse where they think their grievances can be addressed by this House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, from the way you read it, maybe there is a message you need to know from that Petition. That is why we need to get the Committee work on it, so that we know what happened. This is because compulsory acquisition is a very clear process. It does not involve the Government going in and kicking out residents. There are very clear steps if the Government is interested in particular private land. It is private land the Government has to engage the National Land Commission (NLC) to acquire the land on its behalf, be it national or county government. In this case, what we are hearing is strange and that is why we need to quickly get down to it. As a Member of the Committee on Land and Natural Resources, I urge my colleagues that we have to treat this kind of Petition with the urgency it deserves. Kenyans are suffering because of actions of the Government. We have to come in and make sure that things are done right."
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