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    "id": 942250,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/942250/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bomet Central, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ronald Tonui",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1242,
        "legal_name": "Ronald Kiprotich Tonui",
        "slug": "ronald-kiprotich-tonui"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to support this Motion by Hon. Wambugu. I believe the Motion is timely because it is dealing with a very critical area. Before I continue with that comment, kindly allow me to pass my sympathies to the people living in the Mau. We are in the National Assembly where we deal with national issues affecting our people. I thought I should send them my sympathies because they are approaching the deadline that was given, which I think should be on Thursday, before they are evicted from the land for which they possess title deeds. It is very unfortunate that they are being evicted when they own the land. When we look for land to purchase, we always inquire if it has a title deed. Once you are told it does, you have no otherwise, but to be interested to buy it. It is so unfortunate that their title deeds have been considered worthless. They are like pieces of paper even though they were issued from Government offices. It is also quite unfortunate that there is a lot of discrimination. If we talk of people owning land in forest areas, then there are many. It would be very good for the Government not to discriminate against the poor. The Government ought to have touched those who have big chunks of land in the Mau Forest like Finlay and Unilever. All of them are on the larger part of the Mau Forest. There is also Kiptagich Farm, which is associated with the former first family. I understand that even in the Aberdares Forest, the current first family has tree plantations. Nobody is talking about those cases. It is only the land owned by the poor which is mentioned and associated with lack of rainfall."
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