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    "id": 306539,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/306539/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Transport",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
        "slug": "amos-kimunya"
    },
    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the root of all these things, the National Land Commission and the clamour for an independent commission, are in the Njonjo Commission that reviewed reforms that were required within our land sector. They are also found in the Ndung’u Commission. There was need to remove the responsibility for management of land from one individual, being the Commissioner of Lands working for the President, to a bigger body that would look at our land issues. It found its way to Bomas and there was very healthy discussion. After the Bomas talks collapsed and in 2005 the Constitution did not pass as was envisaged, I do remember the team that was looking at the land chapter within the Commission felt, how can we rescue? We started the process in the Ministry of Lands then in terms of resuscitating that process with the national land policy until eventually this found its way in the Commission and into the Constitution and the laws. So, it has some history. This history is borne by the experiences of Kenyans with their land and where we are going into the future. I do not envy them. I know the expectations of Kenyans are great. We wish them well in doing what they must do in terms of sorting out the past. More importantly, in terms of looking at how we synchronize the land resource that we have as Kenya with the population that is now five times more what we had at Independence; in terms of where we are going in the future with the subdivisions that have taken place and made our land obviously unproductive yet we need to sort out that productivity. We attempted it in the past with some minimum land sizes. It got a political dimension to it. I believe had we sustained it at that point, we would not be where we are going. But they have a responsibility and we wish them well. I do believe that with the goodwill and expectations that Kenyans have on them, they will live up to the expectations. My only advice to the Commission---"
}