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"speaker_name": "Mr. Ojaamong",
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"content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, just to remind hon. Dr. Khalwale, even some of State House land has been grabbed and he knows it. To make it even worse, even military land where our own soldiers are has also been grabbed with impunity. This is common sense. What I am just urging the Minister is that he is aware about these things and he should come out with a law so that in these five years, we deal ruthlessly with these land grabbers so that the future generations can benefit. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, when hon. Dr. Wekesa, who is a Minister in the Government was contributing, he said that last year we voted about Kshs1.3 billion for the Government to purchase land to settle people. Again, as the Mr. Omingo said, corruption mutates and the same Government went ahead and gave the same Minister that land. The Minister had volunteered his shamba somewhere and his friend again paid him a lot of money because of a small parcel of land. That was last year. Dr. Wekesa just confirmed when he was speaking, that we do not know who was settled on this land. We cannot even be given the number of people who were settled in that area. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, this time we are also having some money in this Vote for settlement of people. We should not assume that the landless only live in a certain area in 1984 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 22, 2008 Central Province but we have landless people all over. Even before I became an hon. Member of Parliament I was landless. I just acquired a small piece of land recently."
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