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    "id": 238241,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Nyachae",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Roads and Public Works",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 342,
        "legal_name": "Simeon Nyachae",
        "slug": "simeon-nyachae"
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Mlolongo land, which is the subject of discussion here, was acquired from a private developer in 1972 by the Government of Kenya. Compensation was paid. The purpose of acquiring that land and paying compensation was for the development of the Northern Corridor and its facilities. When that was done, a gazette notice was issued in two forms the same year. Since then, that land has remained under the Ministry of Roads and Public Works. That land does not come under the jurisdiction of any local authority. Any road reserve that has been gazetted does not fall under the jurisdiction of any local authority. Let us understand one another on that point. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is true that more than 1,000 people occupy land which has been gazetted as a road reserve and set aside for the development of the Northern Corridor. We have surveyed the land. Nobody with land in Mlolongo has a legal title deed! There are three people, including a petrol station owner, who obtained title deeds through fraud. There are only three! The rest have little chits from the Clerk of Mavoko Urban Council. Those chits are illegal because the local authority has no right, at all, on that land because it is a road reserve. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have held discussions with officials of the Ministry of Lands. We have talked to officials of the Physical Planning Department, the Permanent Secretary and the Director of Survey and asked them: \"How come you gave title deeds to those three individuals?\" Before you issue a title deed for any piece of land, you must know the owner. Since that land had been gazetted as a road reserve, what should have been done was to revoke the gazette notice, October 19, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3063 acquisition and allocation of that land to the Ministry. That was never done. Therefore, those title deeds have no legal basis! Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I said that there are more than 1,000 people occupying that land. Now, let us come to the human aspect. I require 110 meters for the development of the Northern Corridor, so that it can be in conformity with international standards and the agreement signed between us and the World Bank, who are financing that road. The 110 metres are going to affect 29 people. Some three people will only be required to remove their canopies. Others, who have encroached on the road reserve by five meters, will have to demolish what is constructed in the five metres. They can keep the rest."
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