{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=140000","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=139998","results":[{"id":1416401,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1416401/?format=json","text_counter":55,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Nandi CWR, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Cynthia Muge","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to add my voice and support this petition that has been brought to this House by Hon. Bernard Kitur, the Member of Parliament for Nandi Hills Constituency."},{"id":1416402,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1416402/?format=json","text_counter":56,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Nandi CWR, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Cynthia Muge","speaker":null,"content":"This lands issue in Nandi County is a very emotional, emotive and thorny issue. As it has been said by other Members, this is just but the tip of the iceberg. The particular land in question has a whole community living there with no facilities. They neither have schools, health facilities or any other facility that a human would have in any given settlement. The way The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"},{"id":1416403,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1416403/?format=json","text_counter":57,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Nandi CWR, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Cynthia Muge","speaker":null,"content":"it has been put in the petition under bullet 8, that in 1994, the land was transferred from one entity to another in a day. Hon. Speaker, you and I being residents know the bureaucracy that surrounds land. The fact that the land was transferred from one entity to another in one day is fishy enough, and a red flag. We also want to speak to the matters that have been here. We want to ask that you accord the seriousness that this matter deserves so that it can get a committee that can look into these issues so that we can, once and for all, start sorting out the injustices that were meted on our people especially on the issues of land. This is so that we avoid pieces of land repossessed by the legitimate people being given to pseudo entities that are calling themselves trustees of the people whereas they are fraudsters and lack the interest of the people. As a resident and representative of the people of Nandi who have suffered for a long time, I support this petition. Just like the Petitioner, I pray that this House, which has resources and the capacity, helps these people resolve this issue so that the people of Nandi can get their land back and proceed with development. Hon. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to add my voice."},{"id":1416404,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1416404/?format=json","text_counter":58,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"I want us to end here. Let us have Prof. Bartoo and then Hon. Farah will close. Hon. Milemba too? Prof. Bartoo, take two minutes."},{"id":1416405,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1416405/?format=json","text_counter":59,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Moiben, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Phyllis Bartoo","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me the chance to add my voice to this Petition. I want to thank Hon. Kitur from Nandi Hills for coming up with this Petition. Land issues in Kenya is a time bomb. It seems that the NLC of Kenya is a toothless institution because it seems it is not able to deal with land issues in Kenya. I am sure this is not just happening in Nandi Hills, but in the entire country. I want to bring a case of Moiben Constituency which has several cases of land disputes. For instance, we have Kapnyasore and Ground Lane Settlement Schemes. We have different people ploughing the land; different farmers planting; and even a different group of people harvesting. This create disputes throughout the year. I wish that this matter is taken up seriously. The Committee in charge should bring a report. This will go a long way of setting the record straight for all the other land issues in the entire country. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."},{"id":1416406,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1416406/?format=json","text_counter":60,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Farah, you will close. Let me finish with these two Members first. Hon. Milemba, Hon. Raso and the Hon. Farah. Mheshimiwa, you have two minutes."},{"id":1416407,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1416407/?format=json","text_counter":61,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Emuhaya, ANC","speaker_title":"Hon. Omboko Milemba","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me support this petition. We have what we call the pedis possessio in legal language. It has also been highlighted by Arnold Toynbee in his theory of land ownership, the First Occupancy Theory. Therefore, land ownership in Kenya is based on the First Occupancy Theory. Those who worked first on the land, occupied, measured and bounded it become the owners. With the coming of Europeans, which reminds me of the Maasai Agreements of 1904 and 1911, and other agreements that were done in Central and Rift Valley, especially Nandi areas, land ownership moved to Europeans through companies. The leases of 99 years and 100 years were thought to be unimaginable. They thought that those leases would never end, but they have now ended. This Parliament must now stand through the NLC to bring back this land to the original owners; the first occupiers of the land. It is never a time bomb because we have to deal with it now. I call upon the Public Petitions Committee to give this matter precedence and start handing over land to the original owners. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."},{"id":1416408,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1416408/?format=json","text_counter":62,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Dida. Give the microphone to Hon. Raso. There you are."},{"id":1416409,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1416409/?format=json","text_counter":63,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Saku, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Ali Raso","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I support this petition. By the time a Member stands on the Floor of this House to present a petition, it means The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"},{"id":1416410,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1416410/?format=json","text_counter":64,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Saku, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Ali Raso","speaker":null,"content":"something is not working or an institution is sleeping on the job. Our Constitution is very clear; land is either private, public or communal. Land does not exist in perpetuity. It must belong somewhere. It is only in Kenya where people are squatters in their entire lifetime. How can Kenyans live as squatters in all parts of this country without legislators or the Government of the day noticing? Through such a Petition, this House has been provided the right opportunity to address this issue. Hon. Speaker, you are a lawyer of repute and you must have represented individuals having land issues in court. The Constitution provides the right to property ownership. We must accept that land belongs somewhere; it does not just exist in perpetuity. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."}]}