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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Transport",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I do not see the point of order in terms of what I was saying on this matter. The matter was raised and Members are at liberty to ask for all those things through a Question. The Minister for Lands said he is prepared to provide all this information to a relevant Committee, and all these matters can be interrogated. There is a relevant Committee that will look into all these things, and the authenticity of all these documents; that is the Departmental Committee on Lands and Natural Resources. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I think the important thing for us to know as this House is to avoid emotions on the matter. Evictions have been going on in this country. We have had evictions in Mlolongo as we were doing the road. It is the same council that caused this confusion. They allocated all the land that had been reserved for Mombasa. Painfully it cost this country so much more money and delays as we had to go clear all those on the road reserves. People who had been conned into buying the land by the same council ended up having to suffer. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have seen similar demolitions on Thika Road. We have seen big buildings housing Nakumatt Supermarket, and others, come down. We have seen the clearing of the bypasses. If we allow people to put up houses wherever there is vacant Government land because they say they are poor and stop development of this country, we will be encouraging impunity. It is so unfortunate that this is happening on the Floor of this House."
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