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    "id": 574303,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Nabwala",
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        "legal_name": "Catherine Mukiite Nabwala",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also stand to support this Bill which is very important as it gives effect to Article 63(5) of the Constitution which talks about community land which shall vest in and be held by communities identified on the basis of community, culture or similar community of interest. This Bill is very important because it seeks to set up boards in communities that are going to be responsible for the management and protection of community land. We know that community land is very sensitive. In most counties, you will find that always there is a struggle of who owns the community land, unless land is properly defined and has a title. I support this Bill because it seeks to issue titles so that there is proper ownership to avoid conflict particularly on land that borders with other communities and the border has not been properly defined. For instance, Migingo Island has been a big dispute and up to today, the Government has not come out clearly to state who owns it. We have also seen other disputes concerning land which is owned by groups. We have seen shareholders being killed. This is, maybe, because the land has not been properly defined and the people are very many. For every community land, there will be a title so that there is no grabbing. This will also ward off corruption where people wait to grab any vacant land that is not owned by anybody. I support."
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