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    "id": 192710,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/192710/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Baya",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Immigration and Registration of Persons",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 10,
        "legal_name": "Francis S. K. Baya",
        "slug": "francis-baya"
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is a lot of water that could be used for irrigation purposes. Touching on the issue of land, the total allocation to this Ministry is Kshs2.3 billion, with Recurrent Expenditure getting the lion's share of Kshs1.66 billion and Development Expenditure getting only Kshs649 million. According to records, there was a drop in the Development Expenditure, because last year this sub-sector was given Kshs1.79 billion. So, there is a drop of Kshs1.1 billion. My thinking is that there should have been more money for development 1344 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES June 24, 2008 expenditure, because we have more issues to resolve now than, perhaps, we had last year. We have just come out of the post-election crisis. The IDPs are supposed to be resettled. Perhaps, some money has been set aside for this. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, apart from that, we have many boards that are non- operational. These are boards and committees that were meant to resolve the various land disputes. They are no longer operational, because of lack of funds. For instance, the land tribunals that used to exist at both district and provincial levels are there by name, but they are not operational, because those old men are never paid their allowances whenever they go for duty. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we also used to have the administrators, particularly DOs and DCs, who were operating under the Magistrates Jurisdiction (Amendment) Act. They used to assist in resolving land disputes. The parties would appear before them ---"
}