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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Anami",
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        "legal_name": "Lisamula Silverse Anami",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise to support the adoption of this Report. It is encouraging to know that the Mediation Committee was able to reduce the level of disagreement between the Senate and the National Assembly. I would like to underline the fact that the contentious issue, which amongst many was public participation, has been handled amicably. Hon. Deputy Speaker, we need to get used to engaging the public and involving them in all the decisions that we make. People have histories and fears when laws, especially pertaining to land, come about. I thank the Departmental Committee on Lands for going out of the way to indulge the public in the formulation of these instruments. But that is not all. We should show the sensitivity, need and willingness to involve the public even more by sensitising the members of the public on the import of these instruments, so that they can use them. There is no need for us to come up with such a constitutional instrument and then the people are not aware of it. Many Kenyans suffer from that lack of awareness on provisions of instruments like this. The whole situation of landlessness in Kenya leads to non-productivity and that demands for creative and pragmatic policies on land use. You will find Kenyans suffering from lack of food yet we have a lot of fallow land around. We are struggling to achieve the 10 per cent forest cover yet we have fallow land in forests. It is good for the Committee to follow up this Report and even demand that the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development and other responsible authorities expeditiously develop regulations that will embrace poverty reduction through expeditious and prudent use of land. Use of land is a contentious issue. The issue of ownership of land leads to poor land use because some people have more land than they need. While addressing the semantics, which you have done, it is good to find out what is creating this discontent and fears in the management of land policies. I am happy the Report outlines very well the place of the National Land Commission (NLC). This issue caused a two-year standoff between the Ministry and the NLC. Now that we are making a breakthrough and have a Report that is acceptable by the National Assembly, the Senate and will be acceptable across the country, and the Council of Governors (CoG) and the Ministry are participating in it, it is important for us to move forward and develop regulations or urge the responsible institutions to develop regulations that will continuously bring harmony that Kenyans strive for. This reminds us of the Ndung’u Report, which has a lot of information about historical injustices. I am happy this Report is anxious to deal with those conflicts and historical injustices. One way of dealing with the issues is by being frank about them and laying them flat on the 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."
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