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    "id": 1463115,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, I stand here to support the good Prof. Bartoo on this land matter. There is something that is very fundamental. We must cure these problems so that the petitions that we bring to this House become useful to the people we represent. The Constitution of Kenya, 2010 established the National Lands Commission (NLC) to look into historical land injustices, review grants and handle all the issues about parcels of land that have trouble. This country has moved away from the Ndung’u Commission and many other land commissions that could not cure all those problems because they did not have the force of the law. The NLC has been created to help communities to solve those problems. However, as we may be aware, the power to review grants, as contained in the statute that established the NLC, expired. But the law in the Constitution has not expired. As at now, there is a constriction on the implementation of the Constitution because of a statute that was passed in this House. It will be very difficult for the people of Moiben to get justice on those land issues, if the NLC does not get its power back. Even if we give the Public Petitions Committee the mandate to investigate and do whatever pertains to the powers that they have, there is something that will be missing – that is, the statutory authority of the NLC to solve those problems. At the end of the day, the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development will play The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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