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    "id": 188773,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Maj-Gen. Nkaisserry",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Defence",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 192,
        "legal_name": "Joseph Kasaine Ole Nkaissery",
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    "content": " Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Vote. I would like to support this Motion. It is a very important Motion and Ministry, but what I am very surprised about is the amount of money that this Ministry was allocated. When you look at last year's allocation for the Development Vote, this was given Kshs1.7 billion; surprisingly this year, it has been given Kshs0.6 billion, less Kshs1.1 billion. The question is why when we require this money for development? Surprisingly, when you look at my own district, Kajiado, the money allocated for survey, physical planning and land adjudication is peanuts. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, Kajiado is a vast district. If we really want to develop or demarcate or adjudicate such a district, we require money. The vision of this Ministry is \"to create a world class in the management of land resource for the welfare of Kenyans.\" The Ministry's mission goes further to state: \"To improve the livelihood of Kenyans through equitable distribution, sustainable management of the land resource and secure the land tenure.\" The issue of land tenure in Kenya has been shrouded in secrecy, or in crisis. The problem July 22, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1993 we have today in Mount Elgon is because of the land tenure issue. The problem we have today in Mau Forest is because of land tenure, and yet the Mission of this Ministry is partly to secure land tenure. How do you secure land tenure without resources or money to support this Ministry? Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the 1904 and 1911 Maasai Agreement with the British says: \"When the British depart from Kenya, the land reverts back to the Maa people.\" There is now something called \"land policy\" which is being developed by the Ministry, which is not involving the actual stakehholders of land in Kenya. The Maasai, on 21st March, 1962, at the Lancaster House Conference, refused to sign for the Independence of Kenya unless the land issue was discussed and agreed upon."
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