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    "id": 1183527,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kajiado South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Parashina Sakimba",
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    "content": "The drafter of this Motion should visit the pastoral community areas to understand how they use their land. In Kajiado, we are converting our land which used to be group ranches and every member can get up to 21 acres. When people drive along the road, they might see fields and assume the land to be idle. Let me tell them that it is not. Very soon, every member in Kajiado South will have a right of ownership and a title deed. The story where people think that our land is idle might probably come to an end. I would also like to remind the proposer to consider the issues of wildlife conservation, forest areas and large agricultural farmlands. Sometimes you find that we have done conservancy in conjunction with the Kenya Wildlife Service like in parks and game reserves. We have created buffer zones or conservancies and they should not be considered idle or wastelands because they are taking care of wildlife. The other issue we have is the forested areas. I know some of you have come across Chyulu Hills. It is a forested land. This country should be proud of us because this hill is able to manage carbon emissions into our atmosphere and thus promote tourism a lot. The proposer should have considered the issue of the Minimum and Maximum Land Holding Acreages Bill, 2015 where one can own land in urban and peri-urban areas and table it in the House to be considered. Subdivision of land into small sizes limits the usage. I stand here to oppose this Motion and tell the drafter to go and relook, and have a clear picture of the land issues at hand. The pastoralists communities have been targeted many times. However, when it comes to famine, drought or the challenges we face, we do not hear them speak for us. It is only when it appears to them that we own huge sizes of land that it becomes a debate in the House. I want to trust my colleague, Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi. When the issue is taken to the Departmental Committee on Lands, let them consider the factors of wildlife conservation, agricultural farmlands and how pastoralists use their land to keep their livestock. We use our land depending on how we zone it. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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