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    "id": 1490151,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the Land Control Bill (National Assembly Bill No.39 of 2023) be now read a Second Time. For the record, this Bill was published in 2022. It was first read in February 2022, but as was the case, it lapsed due to the end of the term of the 12th Parliament. I want to take this opportunity to sincerely thank the two Committee Chairpersons, both in the 12th and the 13th Parliaments. Hon. (Dr) Nyamai was the Chairperson in the 12th Parliament. The Committee is currently headed by my good friend, Hon. Nyamoko. We have journeyed together to get to where we are today. In the two engagements that I had with the Committee, we discussed and agreed on a few things. Let me highlight the same today. I want it to go on record that the Land Control Bill is part of the land laws that were supposed to be reviewed, as contemplated in the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, to align them with the provisions of the new Constitution. Currently, there is a Land Control Act CAP.302 that was enacted in 1967, with piecemeal amendments made in 2017. This left the architecture of land control as it is, to the detriment of the land sector. Let me put it into perspective so that we can understand the entire framework of the land administration system in this country. At Independence, it was necessary to control land transactions in agricultural areas – what they call agricultural land. Consequently, it was agreed that before any transaction is done, be it transfer, subdivision, mortgaging, or leasing of land, there must be a body that reviews those transactions before they are approved. They consequently formed the district land control boards, which were later split into divisional land control boards that currently look like the land control boards at the sub-county or divisional levels. Those land control boards approve land transactions in agricultural areas. They must give a stamp of approval before any transactions in the agricultural land sector can happen. There have been many discussions about the performance of the current structure of the land control boards. Those discussions have been ongoing for some time. Do you remember the Njonjo Commission of Inquiry Report? It was explicitly clear. I want members of the public to understand that the Njonjo Report observed that the membership of the land control boards, corruption, failure to impose restrictions on economic subdivisions, manipulation of the boards by politicians, interference by the provincial administration, miserable allowances, lack of agenda, and the failure to announce sitting dates, all affected the proper functioning of the land control boards. 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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