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    "id": 344829,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Lands",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 129,
        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
        "slug": "james-orengo"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I first want to apologise for the late delivery of one of the Ministerial Statements that I am going to make and the justification was that when the request was made I was not in the House and I did not get notice of that request until sometime yesterday. But I am sorry I was not in the House when the Ministerial Statement was requested. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the first Ministerial Statement that I want to make is in relation to Shree Visa Oshwal Primary School which has attracted some controversy and the Minister for Education has had some comments to make on this but this is the Ministerial Statement. There has been a dispute between the parents and the local community on one hand and the management of the Shree Visa Oshwal Primary School on the other hand based on the allegations that the school has been converted from a public institution to a private commercial entity. Records served by the Ministry show that the land on which the school is constructed was granted by the Government to Bamal Rajshi Shah, Veshi Mepal Shah and Kashaplal Fulchand Shah as trustees of the Shree Visa Oshwal Community of Nairobi for a term of 99 years with effect from 1st January 1954 at an annual rent of Kshs72. The parcel of land is approximately 4.4 acres. The grant which was registered as LR No.18152/1 of 17th April 1961 is subject to some special conditions enumerated therein. In this respect, it is important to note the following conditions and among others:- The first is under special condition number three; the land shall only be used for the erection of a school and for one house for the accommodation of the principal employed in connection therewith. Condition number four says that if the school erected on the land shall cease to function as such under the provisions of the Education Act, then the term hereby created in the grant shall ipso facto also be determined and the land shall be deemed automatically to have reverted to the Government as from the date of such cession without necessity of any formal surrender thereof. Special conditions number five and six prohibit the proprietor from subdividing, selling, sub-letting, charging or in any manner parting with the possession of the land. Special condition number 12 concludes by saying that notwithstanding anything to the contrary or contained in the said Government Lands Act which has since been repealed, the guarantee shall on receipt of six months notice in writing in that behalf, surrender all or any part of the land required for public purposes without payment of any compensation save in respect of such of the approved buildings as may have to be evacuated or demolished."
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