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    "id": 947911,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, under Standing Order No.225(2)(b), I wish to report to the House that my Office has received a Petition submitted by residents of Keiyo North Constituency represented by Messrs. Francis Cheplaiti, Josphat Maiyo, John Bundotich and Cosma Cheptum of P.O. Box 44 Tambach. The Petitioners wish to draw the attention of the House to the compulsory acquisition of land by the Government in Keiyo North Constituency. They allege that in 1985, the Government received funds from donors for the construction of a teachers training college in Keiyo after which, it gazetted the area and the land owners were notified of impending compulsory acquisition of land through Gazette Notices 4260 and 4261 of 1985. Hon. Members, the Petitioners claim that their land was acquired by the Government after which they duly vacated the parcels of land to allow for the construction of Tambach Teachers College and awaited compensation by means of allocation of alternative land. The aforementioned compensation was afforded to other persons who were not the original land owners and the legitimate beneficiaries have not received any form of compensation to date. Hon. Members, the Petitioners have averred that the matters raised in this petition have been brought before the relevant legal and constitutional bodies but remain unresolved. Further, they have stated that the matters are not pending before any court of law or any other legal bodies. The Petitioners are, therefore, praying that the National Assembly, through the Departmental Committee on Lands, investigates the matters raised in this Petition with a view to ensuring that their property rights are upheld by being paid full, fair and timely compensation for their land. I thank you. I see some interventions. Is it to comment on this?"
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