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    "id": 1457781,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Abass",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13587,
        "legal_name": "Abass Sheikh Mohamed",
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    "content": "land means to them. Some do not even have any land registration. Half of this country is not registered. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what we need to do is the land offices in respective areas should digitize their land registrations, so that all community land is registered. Whenever there is any project coming up, like the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), a lot of land is taken away by the government and those communities are not involved in any participation. In future, any development where land is involved, the public must be allowed to participate, so that they give consent to avoid any future conflict or complains from the public who will be losing their land. If they must lose their land, they must be compensated on time so that they do not lose their livelihoods which might leave them in the wilderness. Since the time SGR was being built, some people have never been compensated fully. They lost their land; they do not have a place to stay. They have been unable to buy land. Land compensation should be done to them. We also need to harmonize because we have many institutions like the NLC, the lands offices and the county governments as well. We need to have a kind of harmonization so that everyone will know where their land is or where they can get land. This is so that no one can run away with land, sell it or keep it land that is not theirs. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the NLC, the lands offices and the Ministry of Lands should harmonize on matters land so that ownership is known. Then we will be able to say that this area is meant for a certain utility. If today you go to Wajir, you can get land for building schools. That land has been fenced by individuals. Big chunks of land that could have been used for utilities like hospitals, schools and community has been taken away by certain people. With those remarks, I will support the Bill. I thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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