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    "id": 915537,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, I wish to report to the House that my office has received a petition from former employees of the Late Mayer Jacob Samuels and their families, who are residents of Roysambu Constituency. The petitioners aver that they used to work for the late Mayer Jacob Samuels, who owned a sisal processing and workshop industry at his premises on LR No.5875/2 measuring approximately 17.6 acres in Roysambu. They state that, in 1974, Mayer Jacob Samuels passed on and they continued occupying the said premises and working under the deceased’s sons Raphael and Meshumal, who endeavoured to sustain operations at the factory. In the mid-1980s, visits to Kenya by the late Mayer Jacob’s sons became rare, thereby paralyzing the operations at the factory. Consequently, the idle nature of the farm and premises made it vulnerable to land grabbers, as the petitioners could sight strangers visiting the premises. The petitioners allege that, to safeguard the property from being grabbed they, with the help of the then Nairobi County Council, the local administration and the village elders, registered it with the Roysa Community Development Society. Later, with the help of human rights lobby groups and local leadership, the Nairobi City County Government in concurrence with the National Land Commission, approved survey and sub-division of the said land and issued allotment letters to the petitioners. The petitioners state that on Friday, 5th April 2019, a platoon of soldiers from the Kenya Defence Forces, Kahawa Barracks, invaded the land, evicted them, and demolished their homes, business premises and the older structures that housed the workshop and sisal factory, effectively rendering them homeless. The petitioners are, therefore, praying that the National Assembly inquires into the circumstances under which officers from the Kenya Defence Forces evicted the petitioners from LR No.5875/2, which was duly allotted to them with a view to upholding their rights to occupy, reside and do business on the said land. Further, the petitioners are seeking the intervention of this House to ensure that they are compensated for the demolition of their premises, destruction of their property and the suffering they underwent due to the eviction. 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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