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    "id": 275244,
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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": "We also know that as a nation, we have had serious problems and a disease called land “grabbiosis” that hon. Orengo referred. Where I come from, it has been a problem and for many years, we know that we have not been addressing this problem. We know that with the new laws that we are proposing today, there will be proper management of public land and it will no longer be at the pleasure of an individual to turn land into a gift shop to be gifted to his cronies and supporters or those who are politically-correct individuals. I believe that with the passing of this Bill, which I will urge all my colleagues in the House to pass, we will have put in place the steps that we undertook after the Serena Talks to address as a nation before the next general elections under Agenda Four. We know that several other issues have been addressed, but amongst the sensitive issues recognized under Agenda Four, the land issue was key. It was one of the most sensitive and emotive of all the issues. The other issue was the problem of the youth and unemployment. As I speak, as the sun start setting on the Grand Coalition Government, we know that these two areas were yet to be addressed under the Agenda Four item. Today, as we pass this Land Bill, we know that there are issues of communal land. There are communities in this nation who have talked about historical injustices and they have cried out for years to be considered. Amongst such minority and marginalized groups, we have the Endorois. I was privileged as Minister upon my appointment, the first task I undertook was to address a workshop of the minorities and the marginalized. We engaged with the Endorois who had to go to the African Court to get justice. In a land mark ruling that was delivered, the Endorois who come from Lake Bogoria were granted a favourable judgement. I know the Minister for Lands had visited Lake Bogoria and made an undertaking. I wish to remind him that after the land mark ruling that gave the Endorois back their land, he visited Lake Bogoria and this community and indicated that the Government was willing to implement the ruling of that court. They are still waiting. We are hoping that we will consider such minorities and the marginalized communities through the land laws that we are passing now and the Constitution that provides and protects the rights of minorities and the marginalized. As the Swahili says,“ mnyongehana haki”, but under the new constitutional dispensation, mnyonge atakuwa na haki ."
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