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    "id": 117816,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/117816/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kivuti",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 55,
        "legal_name": "Lenny Maxwell Kivuti",
        "slug": "lenny-kivuti"
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am happy today, as a professional in land matters, to support the introduction of the first National Land Policy in Kenya. Everybody has been waiting for this document for so long. It took four years for it to mature. There are very good points about it. There are some points which need to be looked at with a view to streamlining them. There could be a few points that the Minister may need to look at with another eye. The problems we have had since Independence relate to very many contradictory land laws. You get land registered in so many different ways. We now have a chance to have only one land law. That is a point for which we need to congratulate the people who formulated this Policy. With a few amendments, this Policy will form the basis for reference when we create other laws to administer land issues, and upcoming technologies such as geo-information. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the change outlined on page 63 of this document is one of the most intriguing issues. I cannot wait to see a situation where we shall be in a position to transact land online. The Minister should know that in Siakago, we have even started digitizing all the spatial data in readiness for the activation of this policy. When this happens, I hope we are going to make a move in the geodetic world having established the National GNSS reference stations around the country. That way, we shall be sure that the issue of double allocations and boundary disputes will be a thing of the past. I would now like to comment on some issues which need to be looked into in this document. I think there is need to remove generalities. By generalities, I mean the following:-"
}