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    "id": 275241,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wamalwa",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 148,
        "legal_name": "Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I must also say that for the first time, we have a law that will implement the land policy. We, as a nation, know that we shed blood for our land to drive out the colonial masters from the White Highlands and other parts of this country. We know that because of land, we shed blood in 1992 and in 1997. In all the general elections where we had tribal clashes, land was at the centre of it and, indeed, in 2008, it was identified as one of the Agenda Four items that needed to be dealt with. It took us over 40 years as a nation to come up with a land policy. We know that hon. Orengo’s team played a major role also in ensuring that the Draft Land Policy went through the Cabinet. We know that it took quite some time and a lot of push from the civil society and other Kenyans for the Sessional Paper to be brought before this House. That land policy was eventually approved by the Cabinet and it came to this House as Sessional Paper No.3. When you look at this Bill, we are very optimistic that now we are not just going to have a policy without the necessary legislative back-up. Under Section 6 of the Bill, we have the Cabinet Secretary who has a specific mandate of ensuring that he facilitates the implementation of the land policy reforms. We believe that everything that Kenyans aspired for through the land policy, this legislation and other pieces of legislation that will come before this House will be given effect."
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