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    "id": 147500,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/147500/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Lands",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 129,
        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
        "slug": "james-orengo"
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    "content": "I beg to reply. Whenever land in urban centres is required for allocation, the policy is to have it planned and advertised, so that Kenyans can apply through the respective district plots allocation committees. These committees are chaired by the District Commissioners and the Provincial Commissioners where applicable. Local authorities and the Ministry of Lands are also represented in these committees. In case of projects, the district development committees have to give approval before land for a particular project is allocated. This is meant to ensure ownership by the beneficiaries of the projects and to reduce conflicts that may arise during the projects implementation. The Ministry also makes land available to Kenyans through regularisation of informal settlements, where the beneficiaries are identified and the land planned, to facilitate documentation through issuance of letters of allotment and titles. The Ministry is also charged with the responsibility of the settlement of poor landless Kenyans through establishment, of settlement schemes. Whenever such schemes are established the district supplement plot allocation committee sits to allocate the land before the list is forwarded to the Ministry headquarters for issuance of letters of offer. What I have said is clearly covered under Section 12 of the Government Lands Act, that makes these provisions. However, I wish to add that not everything has been done in the past on the basis of the letter and spirit of the Government Lands Act."
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