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    "id": 1369414,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Rural, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Mwalika",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me also join my colleagues in sympathising with the situation at Mavoko. We all know that land acquisition in this country is very risky. Most of the land in the eastern part of Nairobi has no title deeds and there is a lot of double allocation. I think the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development is the most corrupt in this country. If the Government really wants to fight corruption, the way they are saying, they should start with this Ministry. Many people have lost money because of what is happening in this Ministry. In fact, I am a victim. I bought some land, put up a building and later realised it did not belong to the person who sold to me. But the real owner was very lenient because he sold the land to me at an agreed price and I am still paying. A few years ago, there was a Government attempt to digitise land records at the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development. However, because of land cartels, this process has completely failed. This is a process which we thought would clean the land registry. The records were supposed to be digitised and put in soft form to enable clear verification of any title deed. Let us face the facts. The Mavoko land was donated to the East African Portland Cement Company by the Kamba Community. They did not buy the land. It belongs to the community. The agreement was that the company would mine the limestone and revert the land to the Kamba Community. We, therefore, still expect that land to go back to the community. We are aware that under the privatisation programme, EAPC is one of the companies which the Government is willing to sell. We are also aware that the factory and machines are obsolete. The target is the land and nothing else. The land belongs to the community. 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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