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    "id": 236963,
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    "speaker_name": "Prof. Anyang'-Nyong'o",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, but the Motion is about land. Why do you need land? You do not need land just to shit on it like somebody has said today! You need land to produce. How will you achieve this? By growing vegetables, fruits and other crops. For that land to be useful to anybody, he must work on it. This Motion reads:- \"THAT, in view of the chronic problem of landlessness in the country (not just in the Coast) and especially in the Coast Province, and being cognizant of the fact that large tracts of land are owned by absentee landlords---\" Why do we call them \"absentee landlords\"? This is because they own the land but they do not work on it. \"By working on it\" means that they do not produce on it. \"Production\" means agriculture. So, if you are going to debate this Motion seriously, you must understand why people need land. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I agree with you that there is also another form of landlessness in Mombasa. People own urban land, get some people to squat on it and build some shanties and then they go around and fetch rent from these people. This is a very unproductive use of land, but these people get money. I am really talking about the use of land. If we can have a policy on proper use of land, we shall solve, not just the squatters problem, but also the lack of productivity of land in this country. We are after high productivity of land, so that we can develop. The Motion goes on to state: \"This House urges the Government to urgently take \"all measures necessary---\". Among those \"all measures necessary\" is a policy. Let us not misunderstand hon. Khamisi's idea of \"all measures necessary\". This does not just mean that you should give land to the squatters, but you should also have a policy as to why you are giving them land. If you just give them land without a proper land policy, you shall just complicate the problem."
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