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    "id": 306528,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Elmi",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for the Development of Northern Kenya and Other Arid Lands",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 82,
        "legal_name": "Mohamed Ibrahim Elmi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. First, I want to thank the Committee for an excellent job. I also want to thank the principals for having made sure that we have a Land Commission. Land issues are part of Agenda 4 and it was the basis for the agreement of the Coalition Government and I am happy that today, we will pass the Motion on Land Commissioners. I agree with those who have said that once we have these commissioners, they should make sure that they serve all the interests of all Kenyans. I am also happy and pleased that this Commission is special in the sense that as hon. Mungatana has said, for the first time, we have a Chairman from the Coast region, not because coast has those problems alone because any other Kenya would solve them but because this is something they have clamored for. It also has a commissioner with physical challenges. That shows that we are now putting the Constitution first which says that there should be no discrimination against anybody. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, land issues, as I said, are complex. The whole of northern Kenya is still trust Land. The Community Bill is still being brought. So, my plea to the commissioners is that as they sit, and we say that they are quasi-judicial, they should help us sort out land issues. Land issues are the things that almost made our country break. Therefore, I urge the commissioners not to listen to any regional or tribal sentiments. Once they are appointed and are sworn-in, they should look at all land problems of this country and we trust that they will help us solve them. They should not be destructed by side issues or political statements issued along the corridors. Therefore, they should settle down as soon as possible and get on to their work. This is a Commission, as Parliament, we should allocate enough money once they are sworn-in."
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