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    "id": 117844,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/117844/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Motion before the House. I have actually looked through the policy document and it is very well-thought out. But when the Minister comes to formulate the legislation that will follow, it is very important that he institutes checks and balances. I do not think that we should put the National Land Commission in the Constitution. But I think that the policy in the Constitution on how land should be dealt with is what we should aim at and, that the power to allocate land should be in the National Land Commission but the Executive too should have a say and Parliament should also have a say on certain issues. So, you have checks and balances by involving more than one institution. It is possible to have a rogue land commission which can do the very same things we are running away from. Let us believe not in the persons that we will put there, but also in the institutions and in the checks and balance. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Policy is long overdue, I do not want to repeat what the rest have said, but I wanted to go on record as having supported this policy document. It is time we revolutionalised our land policy and land laws. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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