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    "id": 925219,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Laikipia CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Catherine Waruguru",
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        "legal_name": "Catherine Wanjiku Waruguru",
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    "content": "after we adopt this Report, the Ministry of Lands, the NLC and the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government will work in haste to ensure that these people receive their parcels of land. We have heard issues of Kihiu Mwiri in Kiambu County and other parts of Murang’a County where land matters and other emotive issues which are raised by land owners have been of security concern. People have been losing their lives through illicit groups and others going to the extent of killings their loved ones because of land. Therefore, I want to urge every single Member of Parliament seated here – I know at some point they will continue bringing petitions to this committee – to agree so that we adopt this Report unanimously so that in the next 60 days, the people of Kiambu, the Kamiti land owners, the four lobby groups, can receive their title deeds once the KFS de-gazettes that parcel of land. I thank the Committee Members for being very supportive. I would like to remind them that it is in the interest of the Committee to see that we resolve that all land issues are brought to our attention, starting with the historical land injustices. For purposes of people who may think that we have not done our duties with due diligence, we want to confirm to you that we have sat with the Ministry of Lands and the KFS. We cannot take over the role of the Executive. We must allow them to also do their job. The CS for the Ministry of Environment and his team appeared before this Committee and gave us their commitment that once this House adopts this Report, they will be kind enough to de-gazette this forest so that the people of Kiambu and the petitioner can start enjoying the decree which was made by the then President. I will also be quick to mention that there are a number of times that public pronouncements made by our leaders make our people suffer. Unscrupulous traders and cartels, and people who sit at our land offices, always wait for statements to be made by us, legislators or people who sit in the Executive, without doing due diligence to see that the process is completed. For that reason, there is always a gap to benefit the cartels. If you want to say “No” to cartels in Kiambu and in the Republic of Kenya, we want to ask you: Return this parcel of land by adopting this Report to restore the confidence of Kenyans in this House so that they can appreciate that we are doing our job and that our sole job is to protect the interests of Kenyans. Thank you."
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