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    "id": 963834,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "conversation should be about Kenyans; and that Kenyans should be involved in public participation and decision making. The Judiciary should make a ruling on the issue of public participation, and call out of order any State organ or officer who does not conduct public participation, as enshrined by the Constitution. The opinions and views of Kenyans must be respected. I wonder why the people of Isiolo are being ignored by their leadership. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank the Senate Deputy Majority Leader and the Senator for Isiolo, Sen. Dullo, for bringing this issue to the attention of the House. As Prof. Tom Ojienda taught me in the law of conveyance, land is an emotive issue, especially in the African context. Issues of land disputes are not only in Isiolo; we have witnessed similar issues affecting land across the country. The Mau Forest eviction was gazetted, but the evictees have not been compensated to date. Can the CSs in the line Ministries not just use gazette notices? There should be a threshold before you put a gazette notice on the change of public policy, use, access and ownership of land in this Republic. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are so many cases of land historical injustices in Nandi County. The Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) Report that is before my Committee addressed the issue of land historical injustices. I will invite my colleagues to give views on the ways of implementing the TJRC Report. If we do not arrest the issue of land affecting Isiolo County, we will have another case of land historical injustice in 20 years. I would not like Isiolo County to experience the issues of historical land injustice that have been witnessed in most parts of the Rift Valley. I hope that the CSs who are invited to appear before the Committee will take the invitations seriously. Many CSs do not take the invitations seriously, and end up sending people who do not hold executive decisions within their ministries. I am very emotional when talking about land issues, because if a man does not have land in my community, he is a nobody. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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