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    "content": "we must thank the Maasais for the invention of A.I. This resulted in a crossbreed between hybrid and Maasai cows. The product was what is called Zebu cows or something like that. Up to this day, that huge ranch still belongs to the Delameres, not a bit of it has been given to the Maasais in gratitude for their contribution to cattle ranching in this country and to the wealth of the Delameres. Before I rose to speak, other Members had talked about ranches. At one time, I also did research in the 1979/1980 when I was consulting for an American firm which was doing research on cattle ranching in Taita Taveta. I could not believe the injustices that I saw there; huge ranches were owned by individuals. As somebody has said here earlier, they must have felt very little but against Taita Taveta people existing on patches of the earth which were not extremely very productive. These are injustices which TJRC was supposed to address in this country. We should not gloss over these issues. If we do, they may even blow up in much more violent conflicts in future; than what we have seen so far. It is very important because the population is increasing. People now know better use of land; and land productivity may be increasing and decreasing in others, like in my county, Kisumu and others. The traditional practice of subdividing parcels of land to children and so on, until you own so little, is no longer productive. Agriculture is not viable. These are the things which we must address ourselves to. To what extent is that form of perpetual subdivision of land commensurate with productive agriculture? Or to what extent is ownership of large ranches of land which is not very productively used where there are people who can use it effectively, commensurate with modern agriculture? We should not make the mistake of parceling out important conservancies and forests where we have flora and fauna and also our wildlife. We have to preserve our wildlife in places like Maasai Mara and other places. That is our national heritage. We must look after our animals, our flora and fauna and forests. That is important. When it comes to the relationship between our people and the productive land that they need for survival and the manner in which this productive land had been taken from them unfairly throughout history, these are the things that Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. is asking the NLC to help us address by producing a law. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, another issue that I would like the NLC to do – Sen. Mutula has phrased it very well in the Bill, he is asking for. When there are land adjudication cases, how expeditiously should such cases be addressed? How effective should the Judiciary be in ensuring that land use and practices are properly done in a manner that ownership of land and conflict over ownership of land is sorted out in a just manner? I like Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.’s reference to the fact that what we need is the rule of law and effective law rather than talk generally of good governance. In fact, good governance as a term in social sciences crept into the vocabulary of social science very recently. It was never there, but it was discovered by donors, the World Bank, et cetera, as a safe language to use. Rather than talk of democracy and social justice, you talk of good governance which is more less a technocratic term. Let us hit the nail on the head. We are talking about rights, justice and democracy in this manner. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as I stand here today, land and environment courts in this country are not working. In these courts, you find sparse personnel in terms of judges. A case can drag on in court for 27 years. I have a case in my own County of 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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