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    "id": 947113,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/947113/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Maara, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kareke Mbiuki",
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        "legal_name": "Japhet M. Kareke Mbiuki",
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    "content": "Mt. Elgon Forest Reserve was gazetted on 30th April 1932. It covered an area of 91,890 hectares. Since then, various amendments have been made on the forest boundaries as follows: (a) The 1939 Ordinance changed the boundaries of the Kavirondo Native Land Unit and created Elgon Native Land Unit known as Chepkitale, comprising of 17,000 hectares. (b) In 1973, the Government agreed to resettle the Elgonyi Dorobo from the Elgon Native Land Unit because of the cold weather to an area covering 3,686 hectares that is located on the lower slopes of the mountain, through Legal Notice No.51 of 1974. The area is currently known as Chepyuk. (c) In mid-1992, Chepyuk Settlement Scheme, Phases II and III, were surveyed. The two schemes comprised of 5,252 hectares and 2,576 plots. 80 per cent of occupancy is by the Dorobo of Mosop community while 20 per cent is by Soy or Sabaots. Chepyuk Phase III covers an area of 2,865.42 hectares or 1,893 plots while Phase II covers 1,741.99 hectares, which is equivalent to 683 plots. The boundaries of Chepyuk Settlement Scheme Phases II and III were later regularised to cover 4,607 hectares as per the approved boundary plan No. 175/419. (d) In 2000, Chepkitale area was gazetted as Mt. Elgon National Reserve. The Reserve is managed by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), but it is still occupied by members of Elgonyi Dorobo community. The then Minister for Provincial Administration and Internal Security formed an Inter- ministerial Taskforce in 2008 via Kenya Gazette No.11411 of 4th December 2008 to coordinate and oversee the settlement of persons displaced from Chepyuk Phase III due to inter-communal conflict. The taskforce undertook the following: (a) Coordinated resettlement of 1,735 beneficiaries in Chepyuk Phase III Settlement Scheme. (b) Supervised a planning and survey exercise which resulted in 1,776 plots being demarcated. (c) Allocated 1,735 plots of approximately 2.5 acres each to beneficiaries through a secret ballot. (d) Reserved 41 plots for public use. Processing of title deeds for Chepyuk Phases II and III could not commence since the Scheme was still part of Mt. Elgon Forest Reserve and had not been de-gazetted. The KFS Board approved the request to de-gazette the Chepyuk Settlement Scheme during the 17th meeting held on 14th November 2017. Equally, NEMA issued an environmental impact assessment licence approving the settlement on 14th January, 2017. The Executive conducted public participation and stakeholder engagement at various levels prior to submission of the Petition to the National Assembly as follows: 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."
}