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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. First of all, I would like to support the Motion on the Ministry of Lands. I want to take this opportunity to thank and congratulate the Minister for his appointment to the position, which is very challenging. It is our belief that he is going to articulate land issues, which have been very thorny for a very long time in this country. First of all, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to emphasize on the land policy. As it is, the Government, or rather, the Ministry has spent a lot of money doing research on thematic groups, stakeholders and the rest, to come up with that land policy, me being a member of it. It is very unfortunate that, up to now, that land policy has not been enacted. I want to urge the Ministry to try as much as possible or to do it as fast as possible because that land policy will solve a lot of land problems in this country. Another thing, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, is the allocation of finances to the Ministry. It is important that the Ministry is allocated enough resources to do the survey and research for adjudication, so that people could be issued with title deeds. I urge the Government to allocate some resources to the Ministry to do that. The Ministry of Lands also needs money to purchase land to resettle the landless. So, it is important for the Ministry to have that financial allocation to buy land to resettle the landless. Another issue is with regard to land, particularly in my area of Coast Province, where we have land problems. I do not want to mention them all here, but what is more important is: I do not know what criteria the Ministry of Lands uses to allocate land to people. Land is owned by somebody, for ages, although he or she has no title deed, it is allocated to somebody. That person goes to the local chief or the District Commissioner to be shown the land which he has been allocated. He or she has not even seen the area and he has to go to the indigenous people to look for the land which he has been allocated! Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when I talk about Lamu, where I come from, a court injunction was issued in 1978 to stop land allocation. But we still feel that land is being allocated up to now! So, I believe this able Minister will do his best and tackle those land problems once and for all. With those few remarks, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to support."
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