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    "id": 319823,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Lands",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
        "slug": "james-orengo"
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply, but in giving this reply, I would like to seek the indulgence of the House and the hon. Member that my written answer is not accurate. That will, however, not stop me from giving the accurate answer. Indeed as the hon. Member indicated in his Question in part (a), this land was actually recommended for revocation by the Ndung’u Commission. The problem my office experienced was that the number that the hon. Member gave was not the same one given by the Ndung’u Commission. However, this title to the company was revoked on 1st April, 2010 through Gazette Notice No.3460 of that year. This was on the basis that there were public utilities on that plot. Secondly, since that particular land had been reserved for public purpose, it was not available for alienation. (b) At the time of the allocation, there was no proof that the coordination agency on population was operating on the ground and the Ministry of State for Immigration and Registration of Persons had prefabricated structures on the land. To that effect, having expressed the fact that they wanted to continue using that land, it was allocated to them. (c) I want to point out to the Member that this land is big enough for the Ministry of State for Immigration and Registration of Persons to share it with this agency. Indeed, we have even advised the Ministry to also accommodate the Ministry of Housing because it is quite a big plot. The comfort is in the fact that the title is in the name of the Permanent Secretary to the Treasury, so that it is not in the name of any particular Government department, but in the name of the Treasury. There is an Act of Parliament known as the Permanent Secretary to the Treasury Incorporation Act which puts all"
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