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    "id": 1224278,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Statement by the distinguished Senator for Nyeri County and the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Energy and Petroleum. This is a very important Statement because so often, we violate Article 68(c)(ii) of the Constitution, which is supposed to regulate how land moves from one use to another. Often, you will find that when land is acquired for Government projects, the Land Use Policy is never adhered to. I request the Committee that you will task that report, to do an analysis of all the land that has been acquired and whether the Land Use Policy and Article 68(c)(ii) of the Constitution were complied with. Secondly, lest we forget that in most cases, all the scandals we get in this country relate to land that is acquired for Government projects. If history serves me right, when the land was being acquired along Mlolongo and the landowners were paid money so that they make way for the expressway, and additionally, when the land was acquired to create the link road to Gachie and this one for Kilimani, people were hiding documents and going to court to seek for more money. You would find that many people who work in the Lands Department were complicit in this matter. It will be important for the Standing Committee on Land, Environment, and Natural Resources to largely identify what parcels of land have already been earmarked to be used for Government projects. When people know that the Government is going to build a huge dam, they sell the land at exorbitant prices, which is costing Kenyan taxpayers a lot of money."
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