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    "id": 306599,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Murungi",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Energy",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 93,
        "legal_name": "Kiraitu Murungi",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are numerous land problems all over the country. I have heard emphasis on historical injustices. There are native Indians in Canada who are convincing us that the Government of Canada is illegal because the French and the British are occupying their land, and they will never rest until the French and the British leave that land. I do not see the day when the British and Canadians are going to leave. We should find other mechanisms of compensating these communities because I do not see the day when Mr. Ntimama will go back to Nanyuki, or when the Maasais will occupy Nairobi. I think the Commission will have to come up with an innovative way of dealing with that problem. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, where I come from the biggest problem is the issuance of land title deeds. Since Independence, the people of Meru have been waiting for title deeds to be issued, especially in Meru North and some parts of Meru Central. The owners of the land and their children have died waiting for the title deeds, and we see an answer through this National Land Commission. We believe that it will be fair, efficient and will do what all the governments have been unable to do. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, just one last point. I think we need to look at the transparency of the selection process. I think the Committee of Parliament did a good job, but the selection panel did some things which were not fair. I know top land lawyers in this country who had applied to be on this Commission, but were knocked off for no reason whatsoever, and which we do not understand. The Committee of Parliament should have interrogated that panel a little more to find out how those top land lawyers were left out of this list, when maybe they could have been the chair or members of this Commission. We suspect that there is reverse discrimination taking place. We suspect that some people were left out because of where they come from."
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