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    "id": 625964,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/625964/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Shidiye",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2070,
        "legal_name": "Mohamed Muktar Shidiye",
        "slug": "mohamed-muktar-shidiye"
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    "content": "We have had cases of school land, hospital land and children’s playgrounds being grabbed by private developers. Such issues arise everyday in every county. It is not in the community’s interest that land set aside for public utility is grabbed. Some commercial developers want to take over school land and sell it to the highest bidder. It is very unfortunate that we have allowed land grabbing to go on for so long. When you look at the way land is being used for speculation in this country, you will be shocked. With regard to the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) that is being developed from Mombasa all the way to South Sudan, people have been grabbing land and strategically placing themselves in the area where that railway line will pass. They have been grabbing those lands hoping that they will be compensated. They do not own the land, the land is owned by communities. Those communities are feeling the pinch. Somebody grabs land and obtains a title deed just because he knows that the railway line is going to pass through that area in the next one or two years. They have been making a killing yet they do not stay in that land. These historic injustices must be addressed through this Community Land Bill. The other issue which I want to talk about is on expired land leases. With those few remarks, I support the Bill."
}