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    "id": 680617,
    "url": "http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/680617/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 3036,
        "legal_name": "Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula",
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    "content": "in the Lands Registry are chaotic. The proposal to have the NLC come up with a system of improving record keeping is in order. This will enable investors to easily access these records. Land ownership is an area where records are missing. For those of us who represent urban constituencies, we have many problems. For instance, in Nairobi, many leases have expired and the people occupying those properties have no idea that they have expired because they have not been given any notice. They just find out that somebody else has assumed ownership. We should look into this area and streamline it. There are many informal settlements in urban areas and this brings a lot of tension especially in areas where people occupy land that has not been properly defined. Hon. Deputy Speaker, in my constituency, people have been residing there for over 50 years and then somebody turns up and says that they are encroaching on land that belongs to him and they need to be moved. Where do we take these people? That is the question which we must address very urgently. The NLC must try and streamline land ownership. We do not see these problems in other countries. People live on a piece of land for many years and they are still squatters. In some parts of this country, people literally live as squatters in their own communities. The Government must address this area by ensuring that the NLC, the Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development streamline land ownership."
}