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    "id": 1337464,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ruiru, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Simon King’ara",
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    "content": " He talked about Kilifi land. It is true that when Kilifi people gave out that land, it was meant for plantation. I do not know at what level it turned into residential land. Even if it was turned into residential land to be sold to people, why not start with the indigenous owners who provided space for the sisal plantation? Hon. Temporary Speaker, I do not want to dwell much on that because Hon. Members are very positive on this matter. However, I want to pick some few issues which are real time in this Bill. It is anticipated that to actualise Vision 2030, about 50 per cent of Kenyans will be living in urban settlement. They will need recreation areas and Export Processing Zones (EPZ) where we can do production development matters. At the same time, we need industrial parks where we can create employment for our young ones. For the agricultural sector, we need aggregation centres where we can secure our food for future use. If we do not have public land to put that in place, then how do we go about development? I said earlier that the Kenya Kwanza administration wants a lot of land for development, especially housing which I understand is happening all over the country without leaving anybody behind. All this development will only take place where we have pieces of land. Sometimes people say that development does not come their way. I will give a case study of what is happening in Delmonte. As much as Delmonte people want to give out public land, there is no document for us to put development in it. The land is lying there and we can develop it for employment. However, there is no document. Imagine if the land was secured for agricultural reasons and, of course, public land left behind. We have health centres and schools there. I wish they secured those schools and police posts, because I see them there. They should acquire documents - a title deed or a certificate - which ascertains that it is public land. If the other land which was left for recreation or other development would be secured by our The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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