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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Githunguri, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, I am very much concerned about the title deed issues. The Report clearly states that there are Government-affiliated institutions that own land by paper, but do not have title deeds. That is the same scenario with some of the public schools that we fund as Members of Parliament through NG-CDF. We are forced to struggle so much to locate title deeds so that we can put Government money in such schools. Unfortunately, some of those schools have been constructed within the compounds of those public entities and institutions that have been audited through this Committee. I am very particular when I speak about title deeds, because I do not know how we are ever going to sort out this issue if we do not speak now, audit now and give directions now. Hon. Temporary Speaker, when I speak about the schools under the special economic zones, for example, in my County of Kiambu, we have the Tatu City Economic Zone. Before that area was outlined as a special economic zone, some schools survived on that piece of land. It is good to be factual. For example, under Tatu City Special Economic Zone, we have Ngewe Primary School, Oaklands Primary School and Tatu Primary School. Have I said Oaklands? Oaklands, Tatu and Ngewe primary schools. Traditionally, those schools existed before we transformed that land into a special economic zone. When new investors come, they assume that the schools in the special zones belong to them. They own the land and also purport to own the schools. This cannot happen because those schools are funded using taxpayers' money, and are continuously supported by the Government through the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). Teachers are posted to those schools and they also receive capitation from the Government. However, the investors assume that those schools belong to them because we gave them access to the special economic zones. As we speak, we do not know who owns those three public primary schools and where their title deeds are."
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