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    "id": 999417,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/999417/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ken Chonga",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13374,
        "legal_name": "Richard Ken Chonga Kiti",
        "slug": "richard-ken-chonga-kiti"
    },
    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to present Petition No.10 of 2020 regarding historical land injustices committed against the indigenous people of Vipingo community. I, the undersigned, on behalf of the indigenous people of Vipingo community in Kilifi County, draw the attention of the House to the following: THAT, the community land in Kilifi County is home to many indigenous residents as they know it as their ancestral land; THAT, since 1913, indigenous people of Vipingo community have been squatters following compulsory acquisition of their land by the British colonial government purportedly for public use; THAT, the Vipingo community was forcibly moved out of their ancestral land, but was neither compensated nor resettled, thereby rendering them vagrants and squatters on their own land; THAT, upon attainment of Independence in 1963, various communities across the country that had been displaced from their ancestral lands by the British colonial government were resettled and henceforth benefitted from the restoration and retribution policies of the post-independence Government; THAT, on the contrary, the Vipingo community never regained its ancestral land, but instead lost the land to private entities on leaseholds obtained under irregular circumstances, with subsequent Governments failing to address the community’s plight to date; THAT, most of the leases under private hands recently expired, but have subsequently been renewed and the lands subdivided and sold off once again to private individuals and companies instead of reverting back to the community; THAT, the marginalisation of the indigenous Vipingo community with regard to ownership of their ancestral land has taken a toll on members of the community, most of whom live in abject poverty due to lack of access to land for direct utilisation or as collateral to secure credit facilities to uplift their livelihoods; THAT, efforts to address the matter with relevant authorities, including writing formally to the Principal Secretary in the State Department for Lands as well as the National Land Commission (NLC), have not borne much fruit; THAT, the matter in respect of which this Petition is made is not pending before any court of law or constitutional body. 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"
}