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    "id": 1056522,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Rachel Nyamai",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13374,
        "legal_name": "Richard Ken Chonga Kiti",
        "slug": "richard-ken-chonga-kiti"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I would like to start by thanking the Budget and Appropriations Committee for engaging us as Chairs in a very strict but friendly manner. I was in the 11th Parliament and I can see the difference in terms of the way we are engaged. In the interest of time, I would like to go directly to matters regarding the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning and National Lands Commission (NLC). The Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning and National Lands Commission (NLC) are extremely important, but when we look at the level of funding, there is always quite a deficit. I would like to ask that it be addressed in the sector working groups. The Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning has a deficit with regard to Recurrent Expenditure of more than Kshs1 billion and it affects critical programmes. When we go to Development Expenditure, it also has a deficit of Kshs3 billion. Bearing in mind that this is a revenue generating Ministry, it can do quite well. The NLC requested for about Kshs5.8 billion, but year in, year out, they always get quite low allocations, about Kshs1.4 billion. I will go to our observations. I thank the Departmental Committee on Lands for engaging the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning officials and the NLC officials for taking them through their policies, asking critical questions and making important recommendations. I take this opportunity to thank the Members for being hardworking citizens representing the House with regard to land matters. The Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning has a new Principal Secretary who was funded by this House. This PS with a new department is only relying on Kshs60 million that was allocated to a single project. They are now making a request for resources amounting to Kshs1.950 billion in the Year 2021/2022, something that we made a recommendation that it be considered. The purpose of having a well-planned country is that it will attract more investors. These funds are meant for many projects. One area that will benefit is the National Special Programmes Sector and the Counties Partial Support Programme. That will ensure that we have proper physical planning within our counties. In regard to our observations as a Departmental Committee on Lands, we realised that the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning has not been able to conclude Land Value Index for the 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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