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    "id": 49365,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Lands",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the second issue, probably, what we should do is to give an update to Parliament on what we have done so far, in dealing with various properties which have been mentioned in the Ndung’u Report where we have placed restrictions, where we have revoked title deeds and so forth. I think such an update would indicate to the House that we actually have done a lot in recovering a lot of public land. If you ask the Judiciary, all over the Republic from Kisumu, Eldoret, Nakuru and Mombasa, they will tell you that we have recovered a lot of their property which was allocated to individuals. The same goes to a lot of other institutions. For purposes of the future, the new Constitution has now given us a framework which would make it even easier, not only in terms of exempting the illegally acquired land from the provisions of the Bill of Rights, but if land is shown to have been illegally acquired, then the fundamental rights relating to right to own property will apply. Secondly, a special court will be created to deal with land issues. The Constitution in terms of Article 40(6) and the creation of new courts to deal with land and environment, will expedite the process of recovering public land. It is not an easy effort, but we have done the much we can do, at the moment. If you have any doubts, ask the Member for Limuru."
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