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    "id": 110979,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. ole Metito",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Regional Development Authorities",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 199,
        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
        "slug": "judah-ole-metito"
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, a lot has been said about the devolved units. This is a very contentious issue because a constitution should, first of all, devolve resources to the grassroots or devolved units. A constitution should devolve those resources in a very equitable manner. I want to talk with respect to Chapter Five of the proposed Constitution, which is on land and environment. Land is a very critical resource in this country. It will be very necessary not to deprive the citizens of this country the right to access, own and benefit from land and land resources. Looking specifically at Articles 62 and 63, which deal with the issue of public land versus community land, a lot has to be said. We need to specify the two categories of land. Public land belongs to the Government whereas community land belongs to a group of individuals or communities of similar interest. When you talk of certain land belonging to a community but the resources within that land belonging to the public, I do not think the people will be happy about it. Even when you look at Article 66 of the same Chapter, which are the regulations on land, land use and properties, it will be necessary to refine that Article specifically, to ensure that communities are not deprived of their land and land benefits through land regulations. The same applies to Article 67 which is on the National Land Commission. This is very contentious because, if you devolve units and resources within those units, but the management and use of those resources is again centralised through the National Land Commission, you are not empowering those people to decide on how resources within their units are going to be managed and used. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Article 68 of the same Chapter addresses the issue of legislation and land, where we are going to legislate on the maximum and minimum sizes"
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