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    "id": 118641,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/118641/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to add onto the voices of others in congratulating the Minister for bringing a land policy at this time. It is a shame that we have not had a policy on land since Independence because it would have solved a number of things. It is an embarrassment and a shame that we are still talking about squatters and IDPs many years after Independence. Squatters, as we know, were created before Independence. When Africans worked on the farms of the white settlers, IDPs were created then. I come from a place that was formerly called the “white highlands”. People were displaced from this place and pushed beyond hon. Chepkitony’s area up to the valley. So, the displacement of people has been going on in this country. If we had a policy in place, maybe, some of these things would have been handled already. If we had such a policy in place, especially if you look at the chapter that articulates issues on IDPs, I believe that the IDPs would not be handled the way they have been at the moment. We would be having inventories of who they are whenever a problem arises. It was a pity to hear the Chairman of the Task Force and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security saying that they have different lists. They have already done three inventories and each one of them has different results and yet these are human beings who are countable. It is a pity that we have such a scenario. I believe that this policy is going to sort out a number of issues that have been ignored for a very long time. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the document has handled the issue of land holding size very well. I am impressed by the fact that we would have to have a minimum holding also, so that we understand what it means to farm, depending on different land uses. If you talk of farming, you definitely cannot farm wheat on half an acre, neither can"
}