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    "id": 138694,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Githae",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Nairobi Metropolitan Development",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 159,
        "legal_name": "Robinson Njeru Githae",
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    "content": "Let me also thank the Minister for the cleanup he has done and is continuing to do. Even from a physical point of view, there was time you could not enter Ardhi House because of the brokers. They have since been removed. However, I understand that they have started to come back. The Minister had removed even the agents, but the information I have is that they have started to come back. The Minister used to fight in the streets against land grabbers. Now he has been given a kiboko . He should possess all the illegally acquired land. Demolish all buildings on riparian reserves. There should be no discussion about it. Demolish all the houses built on road reserves. There should be no discussion about it. We must have discipline in the management of our land. Even further, start producing a list of shame. Name people who have acquired public land illegally. Let us know them. A person is known by a name. Let us know them so that we can treat them accordingly. I would also like to thank the Minister for the work that he has done in claiming Migingo Island. I think everybody knows that Migingo Island has always belonged to Kenya. Even the exercise the Ministry is doing will confirm the obvious. However, it is good so that other people can be convinced. After the Minister is through with Migingo Island, he should embark on our boundary with Somalia, Ethiopia and others countries so that they are properly marked and agreed upon. Those maps should then be deposited with the United Nations. We do not want to experience issues similar to the one of Migingo Island in other places. We are aware that the Minister has a few bad apples in his house. They are the ones who backdate letters of allotment. Even today, land is being allotted, but the letters are being backdated more than ten years ago. This is causing a lot of confusion. The main problem has been implementation. We do not require new laws. For example, the letter of allotment clearly says that you cannot transfer it. However, that has been done! When you have been issued with a title deed, you cannot transfer it before you have fulfilled all the developmental conditions. I think people used to be given 24 months. This has never changed. For me, all that is required is to implement the existing laws. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we talk of squatters. I wonder how somebody can be a squatter in his own country. We need to stop the love for land. Many Asians do not own shambas and yet they are the richest people in this country. Why this hullaballoo about land? There are other financial instruments that people should invest in. We have got shares, bonds, Treasury Bills and so on. Why this hullaballoo about land? I do not understand it. In fact, today, if you gave me a piece of land, you told me to go and cultivate, I do not know what I would do. We need to stop this thing about land. Lastly, it is important for this Ministry to come out clear and state that it is the right of every Kenya to own land anywhere in the Sovereign Republic of Kenya. When you own land there, you cannot be a foreigner or a non-indigenous person. Once you own"
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