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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would ask that, with some amendments, I would welcome this Motion. I think it is timely because one of the things that we are trying to deal with in the land policy is titling and to make sure that people have titles to land. That is because land has more value when there is title to that land and that, that title is protected under the law, including the Constitution. Hopefully, when the Sessional Paper comes to this Parliament, we will be able to discuss and get views from hon. Members in respect of bringing a uniform system of land tenure. Right now, like hon. Kaino was mentioning at the beginning, a lot of land at the Coast was given under the Crown Lands Ordinance, which is now the Land Titles Act. Now, the system of tenure under that Act is quite different from, let us say, the Registered Land Act or from the Registered Titles Act. So, you can go to a lands registry and present yourself before the same registrar, but depending on the system of land ownership and the relevant law, he has to keep on changing the registers he is dealing with. If you do not have somebody who is well experienced and who can read what is in the head title and the instruments that are being presented before him, you can have a lot of confusion. We have pieces of land in the Coast, Rift Valley and all over which are registered under the Registered Land Act. You will find the same piece of land, again, registered under the Registration of Titles Act. That, for those who are in the business of grabbing land, creates opportunities for people to mess up the land management system. That, we hope that, in good time, when we carry out those major reforms in the land sector, will be a thing of the past."
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