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    "id": 951119,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mavoko, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Patrick Makau",
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Makau King'ola",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to thank Hon. Jude. I know the pain he has. He is lucky he is talking of the colonial masters. I want to give a case… Three-quarters of Members of Parliament live in Mavoko. The land issue in Mavoko is emotive just as it is in other parts of Kenya. This statement is being sought at the right time. The Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Lands has had many petitions from the people of Mavoko in Machakos County. The petitions are majorly on the issue of land ownership by big companies and expiry of leases. The companies sell the land upon expiry of the leases. It is high time we put the Land Act into practice. We should implement it accordingly. We cannot have companies owning land… Most of us here had not been born when the East African Portland started to mine. To date, out of the 16,000 acres, they have mined 10,000 acres. All we are asking is for the East African Portland to surrender 6,000 acres to the residents. We cannot afford to have big companies owning land on leases and when the leases expire, they start selling the land after they have already mined them. We should advise the Executive. I know there are a few members in the Executive who are championing this matter and they are trying to get part of the chunk of land. The President should stand firm and put the Cabinet Secretary for Lands to task. We have so many cartels going round telling the companies not to give land to squatters but to them. Like for us in Machakos, the land is going away in the name of affordable housing. We agree we want affordable housing, but how do you sell land that was taken away from the locals and never compensated? That land made Kambas to shed blood! I stand in this House to request Members to help the residents of Mavoko. The East African Portland Cement Company, just like Del Monte Kenya Limited should give half of the 6,000 acres to the residents of Mavoko. We will have a reason to say that the Jubilee Government is mindful of the Kambas and the communities living in Mavoko. I am speaking at a time when the handshake…"
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