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"content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, when we got the brand new Minister at that time in his Ministerial portfolio, hon. James Orengo, as the Minister for Lands, I was very optimistic that Orengo, who had been fighting for democracy; hon. Orengo, who had been fighting for transparency in this country; hon. Orengo, who had been fighting for human rights and the rule of law, he was the right person to clean the Ministry of Lands. But we are coming to the end of the 10th Parliament and the Ministry of Lands looks much dirtier than before hon. James Orengo went there. Mr. Orengo, you have one year to redeem yourself; you have 2012 to attempt to redeem your image and to clean up that Ministry of Lands."
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"content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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"content": " thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the permission to contribute to this Motion. I want to echo the sentiments---Actually here I have a deep felt feeling and sympathy for my colleague and comrade in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, the MP for Kathiani, hon. Wavinya Ndeti. When you see the tears of a woman, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, they are the tears of God, because there is no other creature by God that can be emotionally and sentimentally affected by the pain of a child, not even we, men; it is more so for a woman."
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"content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, being a Member from that area, facing a multitude of families that will be seeking assistance for food, housing and, I can imagine, even bursaries in January, the hon. Member is specially affected. So, I want to declare my sympathy and solidarity with the hon. Member for Kathiani, hon. Wavinya Ndeti."
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"content": "Further to that, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, some of the houses that have also been seen on television crumbling down under the demolition forces, without any notice, belong to young people from my constituency, Mukuruweini. These are people whose parents pioneered investments in this town; people who came to Nairobi in the early and mid 1950s, long before we got Independence; they have taught their children how to invest, how to go to the Government, how to contract legal services, how to trust Sheria House, how to know that City Hall is a centre for local governance in the City of Nairobi, and how to trust the Commissioner of Lands, the Minister and even Government Gazette notices."
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"content": "So, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the pain is great. I saw on television and on page 5 of one of the main dailies, and the following day, on page 5 of the same daily and in two other dailies, houses built in the early 1990s by individuals of my age, and some even younger, being brought down. I also saw a widow from my constituency, whose husband was like my father – and remains so in spirit – actually shedding tears of pain; she saw houses constructed for the past three or four decades being brought down barely a year after her enterprising husband was buried. So, it is important to declare, as many other Members have done, that it cannot be expected that this is a collective Government position because the Ministry of Lands or the Ministry of Transport are merciless – even stupid enough – to think that they can give statements to justify things done to families. Over the weekend – actually on Sunday – I was in Kerugoya Stadium, but my Youth Officer was not present. Only three months ago, he had a good party with friends in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, his age mates in colleges, his clan members and with his neighbourhood friends; he showed them an investment he had constructed through the pain of a bank loan; he had purchased a plot and constructed a house. Three months ago, he had a house warming party; he took his young family to that house, but it was among the houses in Syokimau that were demolished. This was a young man dedicated to enterprise, to owning a house and, therefore, assisting the Government in achieving the social pillar, and also helping the community and the country in attaining an obligation in the Constitution, which the Government should undertake, namely ensuring that everybody has a shelter over his or her head."
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"content": "So, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, if we say that the demolitions, supervised by the Ministry of Lands, are a violation of the Constitution, we are right. If we say that the demolitions are actually an abuse of social justice, we are right. If we say that the demolitions are a merciless treatment of innocent investors, we are right. If we say that these demolitions actually appear to be a strategy to exterminate the poor, and kind of cleanse Nairobi of young and old people and children who do not seem to be well connected to the central Government, we are right."
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"content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, if we say that the Ministry of Lands is actually in violation of Section 40 of the Constitution that requires adequate notice before demolitions are undertaken, and adequate provision of compensation, we are right. If I stand here and I say that the Minister and the Ministry of Lands are actually not ashamed of presiding over a citadel of graft, I am right."
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"content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, you can say that they are not showing us the original culprits who actually perpetrated the acquisition of that land under the supervision of the Government or a Government department; they actually passed over the acquisitions to other people through legal means; this was through purchase that was agreeable. The Ministry is now perpetuating impunity by covering the originators of the sin. We are being shown the owners of the houses, but we are not being told when they were originally allocated the land. Who was originally allocated this land? We are hiding behind the excuse of security, but must we create insecurity in Nairobi at the time we are facing external aggression by pouring more people in the streets and expecting Nairobi to be a safe haven? We are facing external aggression but we are stupidly and blindly creating internal discomfort among our people."
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