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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Lands",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would also want to bring to the attention of this House other provisions that are very important. These are co-ownership and other relationships between spouses; that is Clause 95. I think this is also in trying to underpin the provisions that are in the Constitution in relation to matrimonial property. Where land is acquired for co-ownership, there shall be a presumption that, that land would be held as tenants in common rather than as joint tenants. In a joint tenancy, there are problems because if you hold land as a couple under a joint tenancy, sometimes you may find situations where through that process, one particular spouse can easily be disinherited. So, there is a presumption in law. Under Clause 95(1) (a), there shall be a presumption that the spouses shall hold the land as tenants in common. So, although they hold the land as co-owners, their rights over the land will be not held as it were simultaneously, or in a way that would undermine the rights or interests of the other spouse. I commend this Commission."
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