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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kubai Iringo",
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        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
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    "content": "Therefore, I propose that this Bill gives figures of the compensation a community would get when their land is acquired for change of use, minerals have been found or the Government wants to put it into any other use. The community should get a specific percentage of the value of that land. The county government and the national Government should share the rest. We have other public land like shrines, clan land and sacred places where people stay. In Meru we have Njuri Ncheke shrines. Nobody can dare take that piece of land. It is the preserve of the community. Initially, it was there by word, fear or belief of the community. If it is entrenched in the Act that the shrine belongs to the Njuri Ncheke, then it will be safe. Even if future generations try to hive off some of the land - now that there is a lot of land grabbing in this country these days - it will be safe under the law and not by word of mouth. Some land is declared public land such as riparian or water catchment areas. With this law, such land will be safe and encroachment will be limited. Once land has been declared public land, let it be demarcated, beacons put and acreage noted in the title deed, so that any encroachment can be identified and the land repossessed. I have an example in mind of a piece of land in Kangeta in my constituency which was demarcated to be 36 acres where we presently have the new sub-county headquarters. When we went to establish the new sub-county headquarters, we only got nine acres. The rest are plots and buildings of other people. We have been trying to repossess the land, but it is becoming a bit tricky because buildings have been put up, people have lived there and they are invoking so many laws. This law might give us a leeway to try and repossess this piece of land. Once a piece of land has been gazetted as public land, whatever use it is put to at any point in time should be for the benefit of the community which lives there or the community that donated the piece of land. For example, if any public land is for the construction of an institution, let it be for the benefit of the community and not individuals unless, with the consent of the community, the land is given to individuals who need it. I have had a problem. We want to establish a university in my constituency and it has been very tricky and difficult to get documents to allow us change use of the piece of land where there was a cattle dip, a coffee factory and two primary schools. We wanted to combine the pieces of land, but I have had a lot of problems because the law is not very clear on who should 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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