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    "id": 625305,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ganya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Francis Chachu Ganya",
        "slug": "francis-ganya"
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    "content": "what role does the country government have when it comes to unregistered community land? Can it sell the land? As I speak, using the Trust Land Act, county governments are busy transacting in community land and engaging in memorandum of understanding with investors. The Constitution is very clear that they have no mandate whatsoever to do that. The Constitution clearly states that all unregistered community land will be audited. It provides that any land which was community land by 27th August 2010 when the new Constitution came into effect will have to be audited during the transitional phase before it is registered for any other use. I hope somebody would advise these governors. Clause 8 is on the nature of community land title deed. When this community land is registered, we need to know who it will be registered under. Will it be under individuals, officials, respective communities or any structure that we will agree on? This must be made very clear, so that we can know the nature of the title deed when unregistered community land is registered. As, I wind up, Clause 46 is on community land that is illegally acquired. This transitional Clause in the Bill attempts to decree and regularize land grabbing in this country. This transitional clause attempts to legalise and regularise land grabbing in this country. Land grabbers should be investigated and prosecuted, but we should not use this Bill to sanitise evil deeds in this country. We must look at Clause 46 critically and ensure that we have the right amendment. The Constitution is very clear in terms of ownership of this land. As we know, I am the Member for North Horr, the largest constituency in Kenya. The 35,210 square kilometers is unregistered land. I do not know anyone who has a title deed in my North Horr Constituency. Realising that, this Bill is so critical for the people of North Horr."
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