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    "speaker_name": "I stand",
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    "content": "in terms of how their land will be used. Most of the time people sit down and plan without knowing what communities feel about their land. I am happy that this Bill is alive to that; consultation in terms of ensuring development will be undertaken, and will involved communities at all levels. I would also want to say that this Bill will look at physical development plans. In the past we did not have proper guidelines on resolve disputes. This lack of consultation has brought of conflict and affected quite a number of communities. I also know that currently there is an between us and Meru, especially between Isiolo and Meru conties. This is because the boundary demarcation has not been very clear. Everybody thinks that the area in question belongs to them. If proper planning is done through consultations, it will bring to an end conflict over land. I would also want to say that objective of this Bill is very clear. We have different institutions that will deal with land at different levels. These institutions will listen to issues at the different levels, and that will help communities raise their issues. Planning in any county or area is important, because helps to avoid some disasters. I know that quite a number of people live in areas that are not really habitable; they may be prone to disasters. Some of them live closer to disaster prone areas – near rivers and close to areas where there are landslides. Most of the time, because we do not plan properly, we incur a lot of expenses evacuating people to safe places. That takes a lot of money. If we do not do proper land planning, we will have a lot of uses related to grabbing of community land. Looking at the current LAPSSET project in Isiolo and other parts of this country, people identify those areas since they have maps. In fact, they sit in Nairobi and get title deeds for areas that are critical to communities. Where such projects are being rolled out, beneficiaries are not people from those areas. I want to commend the Committee for coming up with this comprehensive legislation. It will help this country evade disaster and reduce expenses related to lack of proper planning. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I support."
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