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    "id": 138595,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/138595/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Musyimi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 95,
        "legal_name": "Mutava Musyimi",
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    "content": "Of the Ministries that we oversee, surely, the Ministry of Lands is the bedrock Ministry. Until we sort out the issues relating to this Ministry, and not least the National Land Policy, it is going to be extremely difficult for this Ministry, other Ministries and this nation, to achieve the objectives contained in Vision 2030. We all know how sensitive the land issue is in this country. We have noticed that certain Items have been left out of the Budget, namely, the Development of National Land Information Management Systems, Establishment of Hydrographical Survey Office, Operations of the Land Arbitration Tribunal, Land Acquisition Compensation Tribunal, the allocation to purchase land to settle the landless, whose estimate, as given by the Minister, as about Kshs2.5 billion and, of course, the purchase of vehicles. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, partially funded is the National Land Use Plan, Land Use and Land Cover Mapping, Development of Kenya National Special Data Infrastructure, Preparation of Regional and Urban Development Plans, and Conversion of Titles from RTA/GLA to RLA Registration. We observed that some of the Items that have been put under Recurrent Budget actually belong to the Development Vote. Examples are Heads 132, 096 and 026. We were also intrigued, for a Ministry that is struggling with funds, that the construction of roads under this Ministry should get increased allocations, although we know that roads are the core mandate of the Ministry of Lands. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we wish to make the following recommendations. First of all, that the Ministry of Lands be allowed to retain at least the monies that they collect every financial year for their operations. That would add up to something in the region of Kshs6 billion. As we said, it is a very odd situation that this Ministry collects the kind of money it collects and it gets something way out of proportion to what it collects or, indeed, what it actually needs."
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