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    "id": 263888,
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    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have looked at the Bill and it just replicates the Constitution as to the mandate of the Land Commission. I also want to note that with the new Constitution, we are now entering the transition phase with the Commission coming into being. Those who have huge interests in land are the political class. Among the biggest land owners in this country are to be found in the political class. Among those who have been cited in scandals of land grabbing – whether it is the Ndung’u Report or the Public Accounts Committee or any other report – will be the political class in and out of Parliament. Therefore, as we discuss issues of land, we must acknowledge that in this House will be a lot of vested interests. But because we passed the Constitution and we really must move on, we need to get on with the Business before hand. We need to look at the provisions of this Act to see what mandate we are giving the Land Commission. Like I have said, this Bill only reiterates what is in the Constitution and, therefore, we need not fear it. We should get on with it."
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