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"speaker_name": "Hon. Alice Wahome",
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"content": " Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the direction. It is true that I am unable to respond to that because it was not brought to my notice earlier. KVDA is a parastatal under the Ministry of East African Community, Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) and Regional Development. They should have the details of that particular problem. The hon. Senator can also write to the Cabinet Secretary for the East African Community, ASAL and Regional Development and myself with the details. We can then try to help and resolve the problem. I do not know whether the problem is that the dam is encroaching or not. Sometimes, dams exceed the designated area, therefore, a redesign is necessary. It might be a case where compensation is not complete, people are trying to use the dam to get the land, or use the land that has already been purchased around the dam. I will leave it to you, but you can write to the two Ministries for better responses. Overall, I was asked about recovery of other public land. We are in the process of discussing with the Office of the President. We intend to move the Cabinet for a resolution to allow the Prime Cabinet Secretary to request for all Ministries to forward public lands that are in danger, encroached or grabbed so that holistically, I can address all of them. This is because it is not possible for the Cabinet Secretary for Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development to know which land has been encroached and grabbed. However, as a Ministry, I have a responsibility to assist the Government to protect, recover and document public land, which is existing, may have been taken away and recover as much as we can, including prosecution of people found to have stolen public land. Obviously, even the Cabinet Secretary for Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development is not safe. This is because this particular parcel that Tom Mboya Social Hall is on, belongs to the Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I confirm that Kitale Main Prison is sitting on an individual’s parcel of land. I am also proceeding to cancel those title deeds because the prison is sitting on over 3,000 parcels of grabbed land. It is not an easy matter. However, we have to do what is right. The support of Parliament, including these kinds of Questions, is helpful. I thank you."
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