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    "id": 264311,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ole Metito",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Regional Development Authorities",
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        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to support this Motion. Land issues are very critical and if you remember, when we were debating the new Constitution, then the draft Constitution in this House, most of the amendments were on the Chapter on land although they did not go through on the Floor of this House. That tells you that there are so many critical issues on land matters. Therefore, we need to be given more time through this Motion to ventilate a lot of issues on land. Most of the conflicts in this country like the tribal clashes, as explained in the Ndung’u Report on illegal land allocation, have made land issues very critical. Apart from the contribution by this House, the public needs to be given at least 30 days to ventilate and give their views through the normal channels like Parliamentary Committees. I also wish to join my colleagues in calling upon this House not to rush such important Bills. This is an opportunity for us to set matters right where land is concerned. Rather than amending these laws later if they are passed in a rush, this is the first time to do our things fast and right. I also want to support the extension. I call for the Members to be serious and give this Motion the numbers that it requires."
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