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    "id": 1269478,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " Thank you Hon. Speaker. Let me thank the Minority Whip because I am sure in as much as he was not in the House, he was watching the number of people who contributed to this debate. We still have another chance to debate during the Third Reading because this Bill concerns counties and will head to the Senate. We will allow Senators time to debate and send it back to us for concurrence. Allow me to thank all the Members who contributed to this debate on Tuesday and Wednesday. As I said when moving and as was repeated by many Members, this Bill is important because it will help all county governments to realise their vision of growing their counties and revenue streams. I want to encourage all counties to start mapping properties that are rate-able and even work with Information Communication Technology (ICT) experts for geo- positioning of all their properties. So, when this Bill becomes an Act of Parliament, they will use modern technology to determine the level of rates chargeable to properties. Among the issues Members touched on was the question of agricultural land and the need to protect it and rangeland for pastoral communities. I remember Hon. Sarah Korere was very particular on protection of community land. This is the case so that communities in the pastoral areas do not lose their land through auction by county governments because of being unable to pay rates for community land and rangeland they use for herding their livestock. I hope the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Lands took note of all those issues and they will be taken care of during the Third Reading. I am sure the Senators were listening and will do the necessary justice to this Bill when it gets to them. Hon. Speaker, with those very many remarks, I beg to reply."
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