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    "id": 542733,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Anyango",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 130,
        "legal_name": "Dalmas Anyango Otieno",
        "slug": "dalmas-otieno"
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, this is a very sensitive issue and you should not expect rational arguments. The truth is that the land, including the factory itself, and not just the nucleus estate, was compulsorily acquired under Cap. 295 for the purposes of the factory. Even if the individuals already had titles, I am aware of this in the case of SONY Sugar Company, the land was acquired from them, including the land on which the factory stands. I know the elders who gave the actual factory site itself. The issue that is arising now is that the national Government did it at that time and gave it to the factory, which was government-owned. The national Government gave the land over to the factory which was a government factory. Now that privatisation has come, the fear is that these factories can now be bought by foreigners, together with the land that was taken from the people. The matter is not that they were community lands or public land. They were taken from land owners, where land had already been consolidated and title deeds issued. The true amendment which this House should decide on is that the national Government should not do any privatisation. The factories belonged to the communities when the national Government established them. Now that the communities have their own county governments, give them back to the county governments as they are, and let the county governments decide how to restructure, manage and place them in private hands. Knowing very well that the locals may not be able to raise capital, there should never be any opportunity for the nucleus estate lands to go to foreigners or other non- community locals. These communities are going to be so hostile that factories that were established by the national Government in their territory for their benefit, and land which was acquired from them to establish the factories for their benefit, can now be exposed to acquisition by foreigners through privatisation. That is the real problem. To go round it and say “give us the nucleus estate and the little factory’s site can be sold to whoever you like,” is to cripple the privatisation process. This thing should be taken back to the national Government and the logical decision in my opinion is to hand all these factories to the county governments now that they exist, and then assist those governments to restructure and establish better managements for the factories, but they must remain for the benefit of the counties where they were established in. That is my opinion."
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