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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Waithaka",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mwangi Kirika Waithaka",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. This is a Motion of national importance, because it addresses issues that ought to have been addressed a long time ago. I am also happy that the Motion has been brought by an hon. Member, who has been a long-serving Minister for Lands and Settlement. He was Assistant Minister for nine years and a Minister for similar number of years. So, it becomes extremely relevant because he knows what ought to have been done. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am also happy that he confessed that land in this country is mainly owned by leaders, including hon. Members. He mentioned himself as being one of the big land owners. He made a very good suggestion that those who own big tracks of land, and who are in leadership, should surrender it to the Government for the purposes of it being given to the landless. This is a very clear indication that a time will come when capitalism will be \"killed\" from the top. This will be when capitalists will start realising that they have offended others and will want to confess by way of surrendering their land. Actually, that is the best way to confess, by returning what you have taken. It is a very positive thing that the Mover has done, and I hope all others will follow suit. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you look at those who settled in the Rift Valley Province, you will realise that they formed big companies which they called Land Buying Companies. They bought pieces of land on a willing buyer, willing seller basis. But, if you look at 3668 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES November 15, 2006 what the leaders got, you will see that they got houses previously owned by the white men plus 300 to 400 acres of land, or sometimes 1,000 acres. But, the people who actually formed the companies got two and half acres or three acres of land. The leaders got big pieces of land. They also got the"
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