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    "id": 1022666,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the fact I want to lay before this House is that following the conclusion of the Report by the Committee, Hon. Isaac Ndirangu did write to the Attorney-General and sought his opinion. The Attorney-General has responded to Hon. Isaac Ndirangu on all the matters and the conclusion is basically that that land is not available because it is alienated to the Kenya Defence Forces. So, any grand plans to invest public money by the World Bank or whoever, public funds cannot be invested in a land that is irregularly allocated. So, let us remove the emotions about the TVET institute and all that. The Attorney-General advised that they look for land elsewhere because that land is not available. That communication is here. The other thing we want to ask ourselves is whether we want Parliament to be used by the alleged former workers. If you remember, we are talking of land that was acquired in the 1980s. The people who are alleging to be former workers were minors then. Even the Report says so. They were minors and hence they could not have been working. Some of them had not even been born, but they are now registered as owners of that land. The other thing I just want to mention is that despite the many climaxes, you cannot give what you do not have. Until the title changes from the Department of Defence, the county The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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