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    "id": 1278222,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Roysambu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kamande Mwafrika",
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    "content": " Thank you Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. Let me start by saying that in Kenya, land is considered to be very valuable and Kenyans are attached to land very much. We all know that in the life of a human being, in the final analysis, when one exits this world by dying, the remains have to be taken back to a piece of land that is three by six in size. You can see how land is valuable in the whole world and not just in Kenya. When the Ministry of Land was created to manage land, we thought that it would be up to the task. I can see all the major problems we have in this country are as a result of mismanagement of the Ministry of Lands. We have heard of double allocation of land in this country. Land disputes in this country are quite emotive. Most Kenyans take the law in their own hands, especially where the Ministry of Lands is unable to streamline or settle a dispute. Any land disputes taken to court take a very long time to be determined. On the matter about squatters, every Hon. Member who has contributed to this Motion has mentioned something about adverse possession of land. It is a very clear law about land. We have very nice laws governing land, but we have never implemented them. I suggest that the Ministry of Lands be added another department, one on enforcement. If only the Ministry of Lands could enforce that law on adverse possession, I believe land disputes would be far much less than what we have today. The issue of squatters could be sort out. I congratulate and thank His Excellency the President. In Roysambu Constituency, we have an area occupied by squatters who have been there for over 30 years. Some time back, Kenyatta University claimed that the land belongs to them. There has been a dispute in court, but I thank His Excellency the President for his intervention because Kenyatta University has agreed to hive that land occupied by Kamaya Squatters, which is approximately 191 acres. We are happy that all those squatters will be settled and the issuance of their tittles is on course. Concerning issues of land, we believe the Ministry of Lands has not done as expected."
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