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    "id": 1009597,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1009597/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1835,
        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
        "slug": "anthony-kimani-ichungwah"
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    "content": "because if people want to take public land, they will be able establish that this is public land through a normal search. In Makueni, where you come from, you will remember what happened during the construction of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) - a lot of land was acquired. The Kenya Railways Corporation already had land along the existing corridor from Mombasa to Nairobi but we spent billions to acquire new land from land owners. You will be shocked that this land is yet to be vested to the Kenya Railways Corporation or the Principal Secretary, National Treasury, and therefore, if we want to do another public project in future, you may find the same owners being compensated again. That is the same case with our roads. With the road corridors being constructed now, the Government goes acquiring land and it is never expropriated from the original titles and once the roads have been constructed, the land owners engage other third parties and sell part of what had already been compensated. As an innocent buyer, you end up buying a land on the frontline next to the highway not knowing that it is already public land. The land should be vested in Government and titles issued to ensure that innocent buyers are not hoodwinked by unscrupulous people or former land owners. These cases are not just rampant in roads but also in public schools. It is also common where we subdivide land. The Member has mentioned Tatu City in Ruiru and Northlands City in Kiambu. How much land has Tatu City and Northlands City given to the Government as public land, and whose hand is this land vested in? We must ensure that the law is followed to the letter without regard as to who are the developers of these cities. It is the law and it is blind to whoever owns these cities and they must be vested in the hands of the public for public use. If we do not do that, we will find these lands reverting back to the original owners and resold yet they are meant to establish schools, hospitals and other public utilities."
}