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    "id": 915937,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/915937/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "The petitioners aver that the late Tapsimate arap Borowo and the Late Kipsoi arap Chemorore, who felt unfairly deprived of their rights over their ancestral land refused to relocate, thereby necessitating action to forcibly remove them. In October 1951, the Colonial Administration prosecuted the duo under Criminal Case No. 346 of 1951 (Rex vs Tapsimatearaap Borowo) and Criminal Case No. 461 (Rex vs Kipsoi araap Chemorore). Both cases were decided in favour of the petitioners in two successive hearings, including an appeal filed by the applicants. The petitioners state that in early 1952, the colonial administration filed a third case before an allegedly ‘friendlier’ court in Kisumu. The Kisumu Court decided the matter in favour of the colonial administration, effectively causing the petitioners to lose over 4,500 acres of prime land in an ensuing merciless eviction that was executed from 26th February 1952, without allowing the residents time to appeal the decision. 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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