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    "id": 925201,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Lungalunga, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Khatib Mwashetani",
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        "legal_name": "Khatib Abdallah Mwashetani",
        "slug": "khatib-abdallah-mwashetani"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support this Report which has been tabled by the Departmental Committee on Lands. This issue came before us as a complaint then we picked it as a Committee. We decided to go to the ground to interact with the affected people. We managed to interact with the squatters who were there. Basically, it is an association of squatters that brought the Petition before us. The complaints have been raised by four groups, that is, Kamiti Forest Squatters Association, Kamiti Anmer Development Association, Muungano Kamiti Group Association, and Kamiti Development Welfare Group. When we went to the site, we realised that the area is very much populated. I think we are talking about just 15 per cent of the 300 acres that is not occupied. There are investments which have been done in the place. For instance, there are schools and hospitals on that land. If we do not act fast, we will affect so many people who are living there. There is Executive order which was issued in 1994 by the President then. However, there has been delay in effecting it until today. So, there is need for the Ministry to move very fast to degazette the land so that the IDPs can benefit. 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."
}