{"id":177509,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/177509/?format=json","text_counter":177,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Ms. Karua","speaker_title":"The Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs","speaker":{"id":166,"legal_name":"Martha Wangari Karua","slug":"martha-karua"},"content":" Once again, Mr. Speaker, Sir, we apologise for not having the answer on time. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the Minister for Lands, I beg to reply. (a) I did not authorise the proclamation and subsequent public auction by M/s Kinyua and Company Auctioneers as a consequence of distress of ground rent on house owners. (b) A task force on the Ten Mile Coastal Strip was set up in September, 2006, and among its terms of reference, was to find a solution between the landlords and the tenants at will. (c) I cannot rescind the auction because the land in question is private property. I have formed a Ministerial Committee on Land Issues in Coast Province to come up with the implementation plan of various recommendations made by previous task forces."}