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    "id": 909243,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, Standing Order No. 225(2) (b) requires the Speaker to report to the House any petition, other than those presented by a Member. I, therefore, wish to report to the House that my office has received a petition submitted by Mr. Philip Njuguna on behalf of Kandara Residents Association, which draws its members from Murang'a and Kiambu counties. The petitioners claim to be the original owners of land presently occupied by Del Monte Kenya Limited but were illegally displaced and the land was leased to Del Monte Kenya Limited. The petitioners aver that, in anticipation of expiry of the lease, the County Government of Murang’a has irregularly renewed the lease in favour of Del Monte Kenya Limited, contrary to the provisions of section 13 of the Lands Act, 2012, which provides that, at the expiry of a leasehold tenure, the National Land Commission (NLC) shall inform the lessee of his or her pre- emptive right to allocation of the land upon application, provided that- (a) such lessee is a Kenyan citizen, and (b) the land is not required by the National or County Government for public purposes. Hon. Members, the petitioners opine that, by proceeding to unilaterally renew the lease, the County Government of Murang’a not only usurped the exclusive power vested in the NLC to renew leases, but also side-stepped the constitutional principle of public participation to determine whether the public also had an interest in the land. This is in total disregard of the resolutions of Kandara residents made in February 2017 that the public interest of the residents be upheld. The petitioners also allege that the NLC intends to renew the lease despite recommending on 7th February 2017 that, to address the historical land injustice, the County Government of Murang'a should retain adequate amounts of land for settlement of claimants and public purpose, when the leases expire in May 2019. Hon. Members, given the said developments, the petitioners are concerned that their hope of reclaiming ancestral land at the expiry of the lease held by Del Monte Kenya Limited will be permanently curtailed. They are, therefore, praying that the National Assembly, through the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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