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    "id": 1457721,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Joe Nyutu",
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    "content": "public institutions, we will be able to curb corruption because land grabbers will not get an opening to grab land that is set aside for public use. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we also need to look at the ease of obtaining a title deed. W should not just require the Commission to register land, but also lessen the requirements that they put across in order for land to be registered. I say this because, as you know, I am elected to represent Murang’a County. Recently, Del Monte Company was able to cede about 1,400 acres of land to Murang’a County Government. However, this land has not yet been registered in the name of the county because of the many requirements that are made before land is registered. Therefore, we need to propose that there should be ease in registration of land. In this particular land in Murang’s County, there is a parcel of land that we want to cede to the national Government in order for it to construct an economic zone. We also need land to be developed by the various development programmes the county has and also think about a particular association called Kandara Residents Association that claims that their forefathers were kicked out of some parcels of this land in order for the owners of Del Monte to start farming. The Commission needs to fast track the registration and issuance of title deeds accordingly. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are very many residential estates coming up today in various parts of the country such as the Tatu City and Thika Greens. I know that it is a requirement that when an estate is coming up, they set aside some land for public use such as public schools, churches, a mosque or a shopping center. When land is not registered as public land at the right time, as all of us know, it may be sold to individuals. Therefore, Clause 3(15) of this Bill is important. The Bill provides that all land set aside by persons of a land buying company for a public purpose, consequent, upon a proposed development, must be registered. We will not be having cases where land that was initially set aside for public use, then land buying companies and other operators sell it to private developers who may not know that the land belonged or was set aside for public use. That will help to avoid corruption and see to it that all land that is supposed to be for public use goes to exactly that particular use. We also have community land in various parts of this country. They are mostly not registered, which leads to grabbing. I believe that under this particular amendment Bill, we will also have community land registered as land belonging to the community. Those who are very smart in land grabbing will not have any unregistered land leading to corruption and grabbing. Private land should also be registered. We recently had a case somewhere in Embakasi about the Kirima land. That land was sold to unsuspecting developers. They bought plots and developed residential and commercial buildings, only for the Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development to rule much later that the land belonged to the Kirima family, thereby occasioning losses and stress to people who had settled on that land for a long time. LTherefore, all parcels of land should be registered. The National Land Commission (NLC) should be put on notice that failure to register any land in this country, whether private, community or public, is opening up land for corruption and other things that are not religious. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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