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    "id": 1457761,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Seki",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Seki Kanar",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me a chance to also add my voice to this matter of the Land (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bills No.40 of 2022). Land issues are very emotive. More importantly when it comes to my County of Kajiado, you know very well that every space that is now available around this great City of Nairobi, is in Kajiado County. The amendments to public land have come at the right time. However, I think that we need to do more. This Bill has brought very important amendments. We want to go deeper and look at issues that this Bill intends to sort. On the issue of the ownership of public land, public land means land meant for public institutions such as schools, hospitals and so forth. We have a number of public land that the community has reserved for public utility. However, the Government is also subdividing them for different use without considering the intentions of those who reserved that land for public use. In the case of Kajiado County, we have land like the livestock management and dairy production, which has now has been subdivided into private land. We also have the veterinary land. There is also some land next to Ngong area, which the Government has subdivided without public participation. If we give out this land for public or private use, do the land registration and get at title deed, will its original use be reserved for that purpose? The Bill needs to highlight this and bring amendments on the public use of that public land. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will also touch on the issue that has been well covered by my colleague, Senator, about the physical planning. I will highlight one area in the Physical and Land Use Planning Act that states if private land is subdivided, then public utilities will be provided. In the case of our county, you will find private institutions, private people, Savings and Credit Cooperative (SACCO) buying 1,000, 100 or 50 acres and subdividing it. This subdivision ought to have public utilities within it. That public land is no more. Sometimes, people in offices within the counties, National Lands Commission (NLC), or the land registry take this land, which is reserved for public utilities. That is why you find that 100, 50 or 20 acres are subdivided but there is no public utility land. The Physical and Land Use Planning Act stipulates that there must be a public utility within that area. This Bill will try to correct such anomalies. I will also look at the community land where we need to do registration because at times, adjudication is done and public utilities are given. This is the time county 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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