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    "id": 480486,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Speaker, then all of a sudden, you hear an order contrary to the Constitution to cancel all the title deeds. The new Constitution has brought new responsibility to leaders. Article 135 says that every decision by the President must be in writing, signed and sealed. Where is this order in relation to Article 135 to cancel title deeds? We are not protecting anybody who has illegally acquired land, but we must deal with everybody who has illegally acquired land. What is the role of the National Land Commission? The constitutional mandate lies with the National Land Commission. You recently read in the newspapers that oil was found in Lamu. I am sure what they are trying to do is to cause confusion, grab this land and then starting chopping blocs and selling them to new oil prospectors. That is why it is so relevant that as we deal with the new found wealth of this country, at the heart and centre of this is the question of land. Whether it is land in Turkana, Isiolo or Mombasa, Kenyans being ingenious, you might find them with title deeds on the high seas so that when oil is found in our maritime territory, people will turn up with title deeds and say that this is what I own and I need to be compensated. We need to be eternally vigilant to make sure that the property and the wealth of the people of this country is protected. Madam Temporary Speaker, when an economy that is doing badly as we are, people go and borrow money using title deeds; banks can only give you money on the basis of a title deed. When a Head of State talks like Kimunya who once said that a title deed was just a piece of paper - It brought such chaos in the banking sector that for 12 months, banks were not sure whether they would lend money on the basis of a piece of paper. The National Land Commission (NLC) Act is very clear. If a title is wrongly acquired, like we know people have acquired titles wrongly, there is due process, so that you can maintain sanity and stability in the economy. We are in a country where tourism is dead, corruption is hitting the ceiling, ethnicity is now the order of the day and everytime we talk about security. It is like a circus in an Egyptian zoo. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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