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    "content": "work we are doing. This is like a crescendo for me because it is the last published Bill that we are debating and there has been so much interest. There was the excitement of Dr. Otichilo and when you were speaking I thought you should have been the one to move the Bill. I believe that all you have said has gone on record. Mr. Mwaita who was the Commissioner of Lands really brought out the question that this Land Disputes Tribunals must go and they have been so repealed. As we thank ourselves for working so hard, I really want to thank Mr. Michuki because wisdom and experience put together, you end up with a beautiful Bill like this. I part myself a little bit on the back because with the industry and foresight you end up with a Bill like this. I also thank the teams we have at the Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources and the Ministry of Lands. Last but not least, you are aware that His Excellency the President has been calling several Cabinet meetings over the last few weeks in order to drive this process to enable us go on overdrive. The Principals; the President and the Prime Minister have been behind this great process of carrying out reform. Somebody said something I think is very important. Sometimes we tend to punish our people when we should be punishing ourselves. Now we have produced a very good Bill but if we get the wrong judges, probably our work will be in vain. I hope that those judges that are going to be appointed will live up to our expectations so that the desires and objectives of this Bill are carried through. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, sometimes when you overfly Lake Victoria on the Kenyan section, even where the rivers are feeding the lake, and you look at the colour of Lake Victoria and then go to Tanzania and look at the colour of Lake Victoria as the rivers on the other side feed the lake, the colour of the lake on our side speaks volumes; that there is something wrong we are doing with our environment. I cannot say this with the same strength that probably Mr. Michuki would say it. It is because of just how much we are destroying our environment. If we use this Bill to its full effect, have the right people in court, I think Kenya will be a different place and I hope that is what this Bill is going to do. With those few remarks, I beg to move."
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