Alex Muthengi Mburi Mwiru

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• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: owners of the land; 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. view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: (iii) an indication as to whose instructions police officers were acting upon during the evictions; and, (iv) why the Government had not taken measures to resolve the problem and ensure that peace prevailed in the area. view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Cabinet Secretary carried out investigations on the matter, but those investigations did not give indications of double-allocation in the scheme. She further stated that the role of the Ministry was to demarcate, survey and formalise the allocations that had already been done by the Agricultural Development Corporation (ADC) and the Provincial Administration, through issuance of letters of offer. The farm belonged to the ADC, which in 1997 handed it over to the Settlement Fund Trustee (SFT) to administer the settlement scheme. view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: An ad hoc squatter settlement committee was set up to verify and ensure that the interests of all the bona fide beneficiaries were safeguarded. Lists of allocations for Phases I and II were provided to the Committee, which I will table after I finish responding to the Statement request. Phase I of the settlement scheme covers LR Nos.8029/3 and 8028, with an area of approximately 4,436 acres. Demarcation of this phase was completed in 2007, yielding 656 plots. view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: The first 492 plots were allocated by the Trans Nzoia East District Settler Direction Committee by the minutes of 1st April, 2008. The remaining 164 plots were allocated by the committee in a meeting chaired by the District Commissioner, Kwanza. The phase was fully settled and SFT land loan repayment was in progress. Over 90 per cent of the allottees are from the Pokot community. view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, Phase II covers LR Nos.8026/1, 8026/2 and 4140/9, comprising of approximately 10,343 acres. Demarcation and survey of this phase commenced in 2008 and was completed in 2009. The decision to sub-divide Phase II into 2.5 acres and five acres of arable land was arrived at by the settlement committee to accommodate as many landless people as possible. Identification and vetting of the beneficiaries was done by a committee elected by the local communities in a public view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: , held on 7th January, 2011. A total of 1,691 people were identified and the list was forwarded to the Ministry headquarters on 17th June, 2011. Furthermore, the genuine allottees that appear in the ADC records, but who were not considered in Phase I, were accommodated in Phase II. view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Phase III comprises of 3,000 acres. Demarcation and survey has been completed, yielding a total of 950 plots. The local verification committee has identified the beneficiaries from the different communities and the Ministry is awaiting the list from that committee for approval by the Cabinet Secretary and issuance of letters of offer. Furthermore, the Cabinet Secretary has instructed her officers on the ground to carry out a verification exercise to determine whether some squatters have been left out, with a view to resolving any outstanding problems through this phase. view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Committee recommends that the Cabinet Secretary should address individual complaints on allocation omissions in Phases I and II, and emphasises that this should not involve communities. The Cabinet Secretary has already promised to do so. We further recommend that the local selection committee, including elected leaders from the area, should verify and certify the list of allottees for Phase II. 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. view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: We have already talked to the Members of Parliament from that area, who indicated that they are going to propose that and move forward. view