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    "id": 1183533,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marakwet West, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Timothy Kipchumba",
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    "content": "Article 68 of the Constitution is couched on mandatory terms. It clearly provides that Parliament shall enact legislation to provide for the minimum and maximum land holding acreages. When the law uses the term “Shall” then, it means mandatory. For that reason, there was a bid by this House to introduce Minimum and Maximum Land Holding Acreages Bill, 2015 but was dropped because of the public outcry. In my opinion, it is time to revisit this law because that Bill provided a comprehensive legal and institutional framework on minimum and maximum land acreage. The importance of that legislation is that it provided a framework on how much land one can hold in a certain region or how much land can be used for a specific purpose. I can see my time is up. I can finish my contribution during the afternoon session. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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