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    "id": 1003402,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1003402/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 129,
        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
        "slug": "james-orengo"
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also join to support this Petition. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the land question in Kenya has been a very difficult and controversial question. The enactment of the Constitution was supposed to resolve some of these burning questions in relation to land. Of particular concern, were areas in the northern part of Kenya where land tenure cannot be on the basis of the kind of single title or individual title tenure that we have in the rest of the country. In the northern parts of Kenya, there are a lot of considerations that must be put in place. This is because water is a very essential commodity in some of these areas. Corridors must be established for people who graze land, to move miles and miles in search of water, so that if there is an acquisition that interferes with movement of people and the animals, between grazing land and water catchment areas, creates a lot of difficulties. In Samburu, particularly in Laikipia, Marsabit, Wajir, Mandera and the whole of that region, it is very important before the Government acquires any land, for any purpose, to get the green light from the communities. This is because, if that is not done, it creates a lot of suffering. I support this Petition and hope that, in the future, KDF which is one of the Government bodies or agencies that keep on acquiring land in some of these arid and semi-arid and the Agricultural Development Corporation (ADC), which also has got some land in these regions, before they do that, the first priority should be the communities’ interests. There is no reason why the KDF should own many square miles of land when the local communities are suffering. It is by itself a basis of creating conflict and injustice which can lead to insecurity. I support this Petition and hope that the concerned Committee will come back with solutions, and put the KDF, Ministry involved, department and the National Land Commission (NLC)--- Particularly, the NLC is not responding to the historical and constitutional responsibility placed on it in addressing land injustices, not just historical, but even current land injustices. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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