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The Ministry is aware and has identified the challenges which I have enumerated. Some people or groups which claim that they were not consulted during the allocation have arisen. They are the people or groups who claim that they were left out during the allocation and yet they had already been settled on the same land. There are claims that outsiders were allocated land. There are also allegations of people or relatives who own large parcels of land or more than one plot. Those are the challenges that are there which will be addressed by the two ministries that are ...
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The other question is: Are the two Ministries aware that the legitimate land owners are mobilising themselves to defend their land from infiltration and may forcefully enter the land to settle themselves to avoid impending displacement by infiltrators? The Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning is aware of the mobilisation and has referred the same to be handled by the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government, together with the County Government of Embu.
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The fourth question is: What measures are being put in place by the Government to forestall any potential violence among the various groups who are mobilising to either take over or defend the land? The response is that the Ministry has identified the issues which affect the successful conclusion of the settlement process and plans to undertake the following actions:
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(1) Review all the title deeds issued and those held by undeserving persons which will be cancelled. That is the undertaking that has been given. This can be done by appointing Resettlement and Plot Showing Committees.
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(2) Ensure all the plots are surveyed and beaconed before showing them to the people. 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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(3) Ensure that the families that were residing in the settlement scheme as at 30th June 2016 when the allocation to the various groups was negotiated retain the plots.
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(4) Arbitrate on all disputes and consider allocations to only deserving persons on the basis of equality and fairness, one plot per family and the plots to be of equal sizes.
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(5) Re-plan and subdivide any excessively large plots that may have been allocated.
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(6) Specific people who are utilising more land than allocated be identified and given specific orders to stop the practice. In addition, stop any further transportation of people to the areas that are affected.
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(7) In order to enhance security and improve accessibility, all major access roads in the settlement scheme should be opened possibly through use of national youth service. This will create distinct blocks making it easy to patrol and show the plots. Hon. Speaker, this is a response from the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning. I believe it is a response to a matter that has been raised in the House. Thank you.
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