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    "id": 279656,
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    "type": "speech",
    "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. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I want to point to the hon. Member that if he looks at the Schedule, he will see that the statutes we want to legislate on are community land, which we must do in five years and Regulation of Land Use, which must also be done in five years. That is what I told hon. Otichilo is coming; Legislation of Land -18 months; agreements relating to natural resources - five years and legislation regarding environment which is required within five years. Already, the law on Environment is there but to harmonize it with the Constitution, we need a substantive legislation which the Constitution provides for. We are directed by the Constitution to bring legislation on the environment. So, we cannot do it in piecemeal. If you look at Part 2 of Chapter 5, from Section 69 on Environment and Natural Resources, you will see that this is a very complicated legislation that you cannot cut and paste from one legislation to another. The spirit of the Constitution is that we should have one environmental law. I do not know whether the hon. Member is persuaded."
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