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    "id": 625265,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aden",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me the opportunity to speak to this very important Bill. This constitutional Bill is historic in its kind because, for the first time, it is going to bring about proper legislation on land use within the country. Coming from the pastoral areas and for the people of the coastal region of Kenya, the passage of this Bill will mean quite a lot to us. From the outset, before I go into the depths of this Bill, one thing that struck me as I read across the stakeholders input in this Bill is the unavoidable or glaring conflict between the Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development and the National Land Commission (NLC). This is very unfortunate because, for the first time, we have an important stakeholder, namely, the NLC saying that this version of the Bill was developed without the participation of the public and thus, its validity can be challenged in court. Even as we consider this important piece of legislation, there was a task-force that was formed and it involved very important stakeholders in land, including private citizens out there. They developed a very good piece of legislation, which was, unfortunately, lost. Nobody knows where that piece of legislation went. I urge the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Lands to take a moment and look for that task- force proposal of the Bill. I am sure we will get very important input from there. I have had an opportunity to look at it. It is fine. It is well done and does not deviate much from what is here. A lot of the critical issues have been taken care of under that proposal. 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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