Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 595361,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/595361/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 363,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Maanzo",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2197,
        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
        "slug": "daniel-kitonga-maanzo"
    },
    "content": "not making this law for ourselves, but for future generations, so that they will find peace in the exploration of this very important resource, which we should be exploiting soon. Lastly, the method indicated here of land acquisition goes back to a lot of regimes of law and statutes. This law will not operate in isolation, but will work with many other statutes in the country in terms of land acquisition, the system of land registration and whether it is public, community or private land. On that issue, there is a Latin maxim that says that “The owner of a title only owns the solum ”, but what is above the solum or the soil and what is below the soil belongs to the State. That is why the airspace belongs to the State. What is beneath the soil, once discovered, reverts to the State. There are so many issues which need to be looked into. How can we sufficiently compensate a private owner or a community on whose land oil has been discovered and the whole nation is reaping benefit from it? We need to relook at how we can compensate them sufficiently, bearing in mind that the area will be disturbed. We will also benefit in terms of roads construction because we will not be importing bitumen. We can use this to develop our country. I support and I urge Members to support with serious amendments, so that we can begin exploiting this resource and save our country from the current financial crisis."
}