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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Alice Wahome",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development",
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    "content": " Thank you. I hope he will now read the signs early so that we can be on the same page. However, suffice to say that he is a very able debater. All of us benefited from his contributions during the debates. He raises very fundamental issues on what is ailing the entire Ministry in respect of land tenure and security. The question of land security is key. We are planning with that in mind because we would want to guarantee security of tenure and records. That is why, as a Government, we have agreed to go digital. As I stand here, I get very upset because of the stories I hear. My officers know that I have said there is no way you can give me a response that the file is missing. Whenever a file is missing, there is some funny business going on and some irregularities are likely to be committed by disappearance of a file. This is something that the country must also now agree. I take the opportunity to urge the public not to take land security casually and not to engage in buying land that they have not received a proper certification in terms of searches and record checks by the land registries. Having said that, I have also told the Government officers managing our registries that they will take personal responsibility. We have so far taken action against three or four of them. Two are under suspension since I came in and two are already facing court charges because of irregular documentation of land. It is quite a task. The answer will be use of technology and digitization. I believe that is something we must aspire for and what we should be looking forward to as a country. During my tenure, I should be put to task to complete digitization. We have two types of spatial planning; the county and the national spatial planning. The national spatial planning is complete. The challenge we are having is the county spatial planning. Without appearing to accuse the counties, the governors have not taken up this. They have a challenge. Very few have taken it up. If I am correct, about 10 counties are on course. The others are not on course. It is very important to have spatial planning because lack of planning is planning to fail. Therefore, I am calling upon the counties to take up this task very seriously. We are also in the process of doing necessary geospatial surveys, mapping, georeferencing and cadastral preparations for us to go digital. This is an exercise that is going on. We have to use cadastral preparation and geo-referencing so that we can resolve many disputes relating to survey and boundaries."
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