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    "id": 1009604,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Seme, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) James Nyikal",
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        "legal_name": "James Nyikal",
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    "content": "the pieces that are allocated for public utilities must get their titles before others get theirs. What has happened is that when public lands are given to public institutions, they have no titles, boundaries and land beacons. They are, therefore, prone to being reallocated and being leased even when the public institutions own them. We have many examples where public schools are allocated land, leases are given and sold out, then people attempt to acquire those lands and move out the children from those schools. So, this Bill is important. In situations where people have given out land to schools and later on the title of that land is not given in the name of the school or is in the custody of the PS Treasury, they or their children turn around and say that was their land. They start claiming and encroaching on it. You will find problems in institutions involved in such. This Bill will ensure that title of lands belonging to public institutions are in the name of the institutions. That is what the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Lands was saying. That, we amend the Bill so that the titles are in the names of public institutions. That way, nobody will come and claim it, be it a public officer, a lands officer or a persons who gave out the land with good intentions, but later changed their mind or their relatives changed their minds. What has been happening is that these institutions have been having these lands, learning has been going on, but nobody has been bothered with lack of titles. We should have a provision in this Bill that tasks certain officers with the responsibility of ensuring that the land that the institution they are running sits on has a title deed that is secure. If we do that, all the problems we have with schools, public hospitals and mortuaries will be avoided. I have heard stories where people tried to grab mortuaries by removing dead bodies so that they can develop the land. With those reasons, I support the Bill."
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