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    "id": 227960,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/227960/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Mwiria",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 190,
        "legal_name": "Valerian Kilemi Mwiria",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not want us to go back to the issue about the sanctity of private property. We cannot talk about the sanctity of private property if you did not acquire that property through hard work. Sanctity of private property has got to do with people who have worked hard for it. You cannot talk about capitalism if you do not want to go by the rules of capitalism, which is hard work and sweating for whatever you get. Therefore, that is why I say that we should re-examine the whole land issue in this country. It has not been addressed and it has been a problem since Independence. We need to do better. If we address this issue, we are going to have many more families who are settled and we are going to avoid a lot of these problems that we are noticing of clashes. In addressing it, we must be more public and transparent about it. Let these people, whether they are on the Government side or on the Opposition side, come out clearly and tell us how they acquired the land that they have, when they acquired it and what they are doing with it. We also have to get this land put to productive use. If you put it to productive use, you will benefit a lot of Kenyan communities."
}