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    "id": 625231,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A. B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to move that the Community Land Bill be now read a Second Time. This is the Bill this House has been waiting for. It is one of the most controversial Bills that must be enacted before 27th August, 2016. As you are aware, the Community Land Bill, 2015 is one of the legislations to be enacted by Parliament as required by the Constitution under Article 261(1). The importance of this Bill, with regard to the recognition of community land, the protection of community land and the management and administration of community land cannot be underestimated. All of us - 349 Members sitting here and 350 when you are included - are Members of Parliament representing various constituencies. In those constituencies, we represent people who own land that is called “community land”. This House is under obligation to make sure that a legal framework is prepared to protect that land. For example, I, the Member for Garissa Town would like to say that Kenyan land belongs to all of us, I included. However, the land in Garissa belongs to my community, just like land in North Horr belongs to the community that lives there. I am sure that the land that is found in Meru County belongs to the Meru people under the able leadership of the Women Representative and many other colleagues who are here. So, this House must put a legal framework in place so that no other entity can interfere with the land that belongs to our communities because Kenya is composed of communities. As we build one united nation, we must also be proud of the diversity of the communities that we come from. This Bill talks about how to recognise community land and how you protect and administer it. This Bill, within the framework of Article 261(1), is trying to legislate an Act of Parliament that will create a legal framework. This is necessary for the protection and proper management and administration of various community lands. The Bill before this House seeks to provide a legislative framework that gives effect to Article 63 - if Members can read - of the Constitution. That Article says that recognition, protection, management and administration of land must be clearly stipulated in the Constitution as an institution. It also says that communities can own, register, manage and administer their land. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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