2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
THAT, in 1973, LR. No.2065 was allocated to Kapsokwony councillors by the Commissioner of Lands who paid to the Government the requisite dues on the freehold tenure and was issued with letters of allotment on 5th November 1996.
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2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
THAT, LR. No.3023, covering an area of 1,678 hectares, located within the scheme, Kitalale Settlement Scheme Phase 2 was transferred to the Government of Kenya on 8th November 1973, and the Government allocated it to the deserving settlers in 1996. 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.
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2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
THAT, LR. No.2996, covering approximately 1,731 hectares located in the Kitalale Settlement Scheme Phase 1, which is the most densely populated of all the phases, was divided into 2½ acres each and transferred to the Government of Kenya in 1994 to settle deserving residents.
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2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
THAT, LR. No.2070/3 covering an area of 1,113 hectares, located in the scheme named Kitalale Settlement Phase 3 was also transferred to the Government of Kenya in 1973 which allocated it to residents in 2000 on leasehold basis.
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2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
THAT, the residents who were allocated land in this settlement scheme made all due payments to the Government for every piece of land occupied and were issued with letters of allotment.
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2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
THAT, the land in question also has public utilities such as Sango Vocational Training Centre, Sango Primary and Secondary Schools, which have allotment letters for the respective parcels of land which they occupy, and
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2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
THAT, in spite of the fact that the concerned residents have occupied the said parcels for as long as 30 years, Kenya Forest Service has purportedly been claiming that the land is set aside as forest land and has been attempting to gazette it as such.
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2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
Therefore, your humble Petitioners pray that the National Assembly, through its relevant Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources: (i) Inquires into the matters raised in this Petition regarding ownership of land in Kitalale Settlement Scheme. (ii) Recommends that pursuant to Section 34 of the Forest Conservation and Management Act, 2016, the responsible Cabinet Secretary initiates the process of de-gazetting LR. No.3023, LR. No.2996 and LR.No.2070/3 in Kitale Settlement Scheme, with a view to allocating the said parcels of land to the residents who are currently living on the land as squatters and Sango Vocational Training Centre, Sango Primary and ...
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2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
And your Petitioners will ever pray.
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2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
I thank you Hon. Deputy Speaker.
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