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    "id": 1002292,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1002292/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ochillo-Ayacko",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 347,
        "legal_name": "Ochilo George Mbogo Ayacko",
        "slug": "ochilo-ayacko"
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The issues relating to land are very serious. Land is the basis of freedom and the cause of violent conflict the world over. Nobody can claim to enjoy any kind of freedom without exercising the freedom while standing on a parcel of land that he is allowed to stand on. You cannot speak if you are called a trespasser because you will be rounded up and thrown out of that place. You cannot move on land that does not belong to you. When under the guise of COVID-19 the land registry is closed, this is affecting the freedom of many Kenyans. Land is a means of production and we need it to generate resources, food and so many things. By closing the registry because there is COVID-19, I do not think the public officials who are earning salaries and their work is supposed to ensure that the registries work, are doing Kenyans justice or helping mitigate or ammolite some of the problems we have as Kenyans. I plead with the Committee that will deal with this matter to base their decision on the fact that land matters are sensitive. Without being resolved as we close the registries, conflicts continue and our people suffer the vagaries of poverty because they cannot produce on parcels of land that do not belong to them. This matter is urgent and the Committee it will be referred to should treat it as a very urgent matter. There are many families waiting for title deeds. Many development activities that have stopped. In my County of Migori, the entire Nyatike have no title deeds, in Kuria East and West constituencies title deeds are not being processed. Some of us who have titles deeds need to dispose of them in order to get some little money for urgent matters cannot move because land registries are closed. There are land activities I need to engage in, but cannot because the registries are closed."
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