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    "content": "Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC) brought there so that we know how we are balancing those appointments. Secondly, this Commission whose appointment I support has a major responsibility. In a country where only about 22 per cent of our land is rain secure, we really want to see serious agrarian reforms coming to this House. I want to urge the House that in the event that the Commission proposes some legislation to reform our land laws, tenure system and so on, this House should rise to the occasion and pass such legislation. If you look at the country, almost all agricultural land is being destroyed through informal settlement, land demarcations that are not in line with the interests of the country and so on. Thirdly, I want this Commission to retrace and address historical injustices. There are people in this country who own what they ought not to own. There are people in this country who took land that does not belong to them. I think that needs to be corrected because the disputes over the 2007/2008 elections was just but an excuse to settle old scores, some based on injustices in land. This Commission has an arduous task to give this country direction to solve the problems that we have lived with once and for all. I urge them to be courageous, speak without fear and never fear to speak on what would make this country a better country which is at peace with itself, because everybody will be secure in what they do about land. We are living in a country where, unfortunately, we seem to believe that to be anybody you must own land. This ought to change and if it changes, it will be for the better. We need people to emphasize on housing and other social amenities other than land ownership. Mr. Deputy Speaker, I can see that you have cut me off."
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