{"id":90643,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/90643/?format=json","text_counter":277,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Baiya","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":8,"legal_name":"Peter Njoroge Baiya","slug":"peter-baiya"},"content":"On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to seek a Ministerial Statement from the Ministry of Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs. Recently, a well known politician from the Rift Valley informed a gathering at Silibwet Grounds in Bomet that the adoption of the new Constitution would lead to loss of ancestral land and to the confinement of a particular ethnic community to one area to pave way for non-indigenous communities. Considering the sensitivity of land issues and the fragile ethnic historical background in the country; further considering the fact that we are still healing from the devastating post-election violence of 2008, and that the National Cohesion and Integration Act of 2008, criminalises hate speech, established a Commission which investigates utterances that incite hatred and violence, among other duties, I would like the Minister to respond to the following issues:- (a) whether the new Constitution, indeed, does provide for deprivation of legitimately acquired land and/or confinement of communities to a certain region against their will as was alleged by the politician; (b) whether the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) is aware of these particular utterances, and whether they consider them as hate speech; and, (c) what immediate action the Government is taking against this particular politician and other like-minded individuals who have made such utterances with a view to stir ethnic hatred."}