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"speaker_name": "Nakuru Town East, JP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. David Gikaria",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I, the undersigned, on behalf of Ms. Juliet Nyaguthii, a resident of Nakuru County, draw the attention of the House to the following: THAT, Article 62(2) provides that public land within the jurisdiction of county governments shall vest in and be held by a county government in trust for the people who are resident in the county, and shall be administered on their behalf by the National Land Commission; THAT, vast parcels of public land in the then Nakuru Municipality have remained and still remain unutilized; THAT, among the unutilized public utilities are seven parcels of land, LR Nos.12570/183 (market), 12570/184 (water reservoir), 12570/185 (market), 12570/186 (religious institutions), 12570/187 (primary school), 12570/188 (service station) and 12570/189 (nursery school); THAT, in early 2005, residents of Nakuru East Ward wrote to the then Nakuru Municipality seeking authority to access and make use of the stated seven public utility plots within the Ward; THAT, on 18th October 2005, the then Council Clerk, acting on behalf of Nakuru East Ward residents, wrote to the Commissioner for Lands seeking guidance on the procedural requirements to affect the transfer of plots to the council for public utility use within the ward; THAT, the request has never been granted, causing the land to remain idle and vulnerable to possible grabbing, with a recent attempt having been made by some investors who fenced off the property, which was immediately brought down by members of the public; THAT, on 2nd October 2018, the National Land Commission Coordinator in Nakuru County wrote to their national offices concerning the land and requested the Chairperson to visit Nakuru to handle the matter; THAT, the delay by the National Land Commission and the Ministry of Lands to legally formalise public use of the said parcels of land has heightened tension between members of the public and private developers purporting to be owners of the land; THAT, efforts to have the matter addressed by the National Land Commission have not been fulfilled; THAT, the issues in respect of which this Petition is made are not pending before any court of law, constitutional or legal body; THEREFORE, your humble Petitioners pray that the National Assembly, through the Departmental Committee on Lands: i) Investigates and inquires into all the matters regarding ownership of parcels of land, LR Nos. 12570/183, 12570/184, 12570/185, 12570/186, 12570/187, 12570/188 and 12570/189. ii) intervenes through the Ministry of Lands and the National Land Commission to ensure that all public land in Nakuru County is safeguarded from irregular transfers and made available for public utility; and, iii) makes any other further order(s) it deems fit in the circumstances of the matter. And your Petitioners will ever pray. Thank you. 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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