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    "id": 1459295,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Chute",
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        "legal_name": "Chute Mohamed Said",
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    "content": "Similarly, the issue of registering only is not important. For example, if a governor leaves office, another governor can come and make excuses to register land under other purposes. They may reallocate or subdivide and sell it to other people. I will give you a good example. There was land in Marsabit that was allocated to the Government where houses were built in early 1960s. That land was subdivided and the houses allocated to individuals. I have a statement in that regard. I am waiting for correspondence from the Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources. To say that it will be registered under a trustee is not enough. Looking at this amendment, if it is under a particular trustee, such as county government or the National Treasury, they must be curtailed such that the land in question should not be used for any other purpose, except for what it was designed for. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in this particular amendment, there must be a way in which all Government land should be registered. If it is a county government, it must be registered under the county government, so that it can be preserved not only for now, but also for posterity. After we leave this world, a new generation will come. If the purpose why land was preserved is not indicated, anybody can do whatever they want. Finally, the issue of public and community land comes under the same issue. Today, public and community pieces of land are being grabbed. There is a delay in registering community land in Marsabit. Lake Turkana Wind Power has taken thousands of acres of community land. This matter is before the court which has given direction on how this dispute can be resolved. The Attorney-General was given the mandate to reconcile the community and Lake Turkana Wind Power. However, Lake Turkana Wind Power is deliberately trying to delay the process. They are incorporating some Members of Parliament (MPs) and neglecting others. They are using those methods to delay the court process. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in support of this amendment, let us keep both our public and community land under very strict regulations, so that nobody comes and do whatever they want if a certain piece of land is not registered. I beg to support."
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