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"content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I would like to take this opportunity to support this Report by the Departmental Committee on Lands, and acknowledge the good work they have been doing for this country. They had an opportunity to visit my constituency where the entire township does not belong to the county. That matter is in court and they will handle it the best way they can. However, we are still waiting for the report. We have a squatter crisis in this country which must be handled more comprehensively than we are trying to do. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you know that the squatter problem is not limited to Ukambani region alone but it is all over Coast, Rift Valley and Nyanza provinces and even this City. I think time has come for this country to review its national land policy so that we do not have a nation where some people have thousands of acres of land lying idle, while a few other people in the same country have no place to lay their heads. I think it is unfair. This august House must think about the Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) Report because in it, we have land issues we needed to handle before we approach the next general elections. If we have to resolve land matters more comprehensively, we have to start from the point of historical injustices with regard to land. That is where the squatter issues are emanating from. I would like to ask the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Lands, that for him to leave a legacy in the 11th Parliament---As the National Assembly, we should assist him with regard to this process."
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