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    "id": 1457771,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "funding, including capitation that comes from the national Government, the school is expected to have a title deed without care of the cost. Some of the parents in the rural areas are not able to raise enough money to give to the head teacher to pursue the expensive route of acquiring a title deed. This is the time when the Government should say if it is a school requiring a title deed, they should get it for free. Personally, I started many primary and secondary schools when I was a Member of Parliament for Ikolomani and over 10 years later, these schools are yet to get title deeds. It has opened these schools to the risk of land grabbing. In some instances, there is encroachment onto the land and in others, there is outright hiving off of land meant for schools. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my third very brief point is on the National Land Commission (NLC). Article 60 of the Constitution of Kenya was carefully grafted to read in 67(2)(e), on the functions of the NLC to include amongst others- “To initiate investigations on its own initiative or on a complaint into the present or historical land injustices and recommend appropriate redress” Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if the commissioners of the NLC and its secretariat will ever care to listen to what goes on in this Parliament, they should know that they have failed. They have failed on 67(2)(e) to the extent that in this country, we have a record of the following reports- The report of the Ndung’u Land Commission, the report of the Njonjo Land Commission and the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) report. These reports have put it in black and white what the NLC could use to initiate correction of the injustice that has been recorded in these reports. This Parliament demands that the Ndung’u Land Commission, the TJRC and the Njonjo Land Commission reports be implemented in full. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know it poses a challenge for those of you who are familiar with these reports. There is a clear mention of powerful politicians and some political families as being the beneficiaries of this public land. The National Land Commission (NLC) should gather courage. They are an institution under the Constitution to make sure that those recommendations are carried out. In the Ndung’u Land Commission Report, they tabulate how forests and game reserves have been grabbed. Many instances exist, but I can just speak for purposes of elicitation to only two examples. One example is from back home in Kakamega and the other example is Naivasha. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know you are one of the people who enjoys the beauty of the ecosystem, especially when you go to Naivasha. The beauty of the flamingos, birds. The report is telling us clearly that the Kenyan Wildlife Service (KWS) went ahead and allocated stretches upon stretches of land, to only four beneficiaries for no reason other than they were politically correct. This has to be corrected. It must be righted. We have cases. They are bound in Kakamega and an approved primary school in Kakamega has partly been given to Masinde Muliro University in Kakamega. There are people who are political players and business people in Kakamega who have grabbed part of this land. They should be ejected out. 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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