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"speaker_name": "Prof. Ongeri",
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"content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I feel privileged to make comments on issues concerning land. Land is one such resource, even for those of us who believe in creation, that was clearly demarcated as a resource for human consumption. Over the ages, issues of land have made nations and tribes to fight and separated families. It is those issues of land that we need to be given enough time to ventilate. I believe strongly that this may well be one area where we may come with an accord, and be the beginning of national integration and cohesion, once all the views have been integrated together in the form of a law reform on land. If we leave it in bits and pieces, it becomes a focus for formenting trouble in this nation. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know, apart from being an hon. Member and Member of the Executive here, that many people will be watching us to see how we are going to handle this issue of land. That is because land was the basis upon which we got our Independence. Land has been elusive since the Independence time up to now. Courtesy of the Kenyansâ support, we passed the new Constitution last year. We are now ready and willing to see how we elaborate the legal instruments that will govern the smooth administration of land as it is today. I would like to see people having confidence. There are those who have huge tracts of land and those with very small parcels of land. They would like to be assured that wherever they have settled, there will be no difficulty in them settling there because, first and foremost, they are Kenyans. They will understand that we are settling together because we have a common destiny. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I strongly support this Motion. If there is one thing that is going to put this nation together, it is on how we agree on the land reforms and laws. Thank you."
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