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    "id": 1002275,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1002275/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lusaka",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
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    "content": "Registry to digitize land registries. The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) on 5th April, 2018, wrote to the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Land and Physical Planning, regarding the legal issues affecting the new online services and requested for suspension of the online services and online processing of land transactions. THAT, through the intervention of the courts, it was agreed that the Ministry establishes a task force to develop guidelines for the implementation of an electronic register and conveyancing system; THAT, the Ministry of Land constituted a task force on electronic land transactions, registration, conveyancing and other related activities in August, 2018. THAT, the task force presented its report to the Ministry which elaborated among other issues, the recommended guidelines for the implementation of an electronic registration and conveyance system; THAT, the task force presented its report to the Ministry, but the report was never published and some of the recommendations made were already being implemented despite the report not being publicized. Key among the recommendation was enactment of the Business Law (Amendment) Bill, 2019 which introduced the electronic system of processing documents; THAT, regulations operationalizing the Land Information Management System were published on 28th June, 2019 and submitted to the Clerk of the National Assembly on 1st August, 2019. The regulations were thereafter tabled in the National Assembly and referred to the Committee on Delegated Legislation which tabled its report on 13th November, 2019, recommending for the annulment of the regulations. This report was adopted on 25th November, 2019 in the National Assembly, effectively annulling the regulations. THAT, following the annulment of the regulations, the Ministry has continued to unlawfully implement the Land Information Management System without the proper statutory backing; and THAT, the land registry is poorly administered resulting to misplaced records, wrong stamping of documents and delayed transactional periods. The Petitioner, therefore, prays that the Senate intervenes in the matter and undertake an investigation with a view of ensuring that the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning ceases implementation of the Land Information Management System (LIMS), pending formulation and establishment of proper guidelines /regulations on the implementation of the same. Hon. Senators, pursuant to Standing Order 231, I shall now allow comments, observations or clarifications in relation to the petition for not more than thirty minutes."
}