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    "id": 958094,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/958094/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tigania East, PNU",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Josphat Kabeabea",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13494,
        "legal_name": "Josphat Gichunge Mwirabua Kabeabea",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise this afternoon to present a Petition on behalf of the residents of Tigania East Constituency regarding the unlawful occupation of ancestral land by the Kenya Defence Forces School of Artillery, the 78th Battalion. I, the undersigned, on behalf of concerned residents of Tigania East Constituency, draw the attention of the House to the following: THAT, the Petitioners have lived on their ancestral land in Tigania East Constituency for years; THAT, in 1977, the then county councils of Isiolo, Samburu and Turkana jointly hived off from the community land hundreds of acres and allocated it to the Armed Forces School of Artillery through Gazette Notice No.3210 of 31st October 1977 for purposes of expansion; THAT, in 2015, the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) encroached on and annexed more land belonging to residents of Tigania East Constituency and claimed ownership of approximately 20,000 acres in excess of what was allocated by the county councils of Isiolo, Samburu and Turkana; THAT, the residents later learnt with shock that the Kenya Defence Forces had been hurriedly issued with an Allotment Letter Ref.189464/11 of 12th June 2018 in respect of the 20,000 acres belonging to the people; THAT, the encroachment resulted in displacement of more than 40,000 people, closure of nine schools, two institutions offering special assistance to the vulnerable individuals in the community, three Administration Police camps, one dispensary and 13 boreholes used for irrigation by the community; THAT, officers from the KDF forcibly accessed the land, demolished fences and structures and evicted residents from the said land thus rendering them homeless and condemning them to a nomadic lifestyle; THAT, the displacement of people has increased animosity between the displaced residents and soldiers who have occupied their land; 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."
}