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    "content": "for us to review our land laws which are outdated. For example, the Surveying Act is out of date and many other Acts regarding land. Also, this Policy proposes a very good institutional framework that will oversee the management of land in this country. The other issue that this Policy is addressing which is of great importance to this country is the issue of land information management. Management of land information in this country is in a total mess. With the enactment of this Policy, I believe we will come up with a proper land information system that will allow Kenya to access information regarding land very easily from the local level to the national level. There are quite a number of key issues that this Policy addresses which I want to highlight as being very important. One of the key issues is the need to have security of tenure for all Kenyans as regards land. Some of the key areas that this Policy is addressing are ownership of land. It has clearly defined how we should address the issue of ownership as regards public land, community land and private land. As regard to community land, I want to congratulate those who involved in the formulation of this Policy because for the first time, they are allowing communities to take charge of their own land resources. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you recall that we have had the Land Trust Act which gave authority to local authorities to hold land in trust for the local communities. Due to corruption, most of the land that belongs to the communities was given out to undeserving people. So, by giving the local communities an opportunity to manage their own land resources, I think this Policy is taking the right direction."
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