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    "id": 627591,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/627591/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ekomwa",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2940,
        "legal_name": "James Lomenen Ekomwa",
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    "content": "When land is registered, who will own the title deed? Whose name will it bear? Will it be Lomenen, the chief or the whole community? It has to come out clearly that for pastoralist communities, land is communally owned. When it comes to usage of land, the community assembly comprising of elders, area Member of Parliament, governor and Members of the county assemblies (MCAs) will be responsible for protecting it. If they will want to give out a piece of land to an investor or the Government to build a health centre, they can call a meeting to discuss and agree to lease a specific piece of land, but not to give it permanently. It should be clear to all Kenyans that in Turkana, Mandera and other pastoral areas, we cannot have a title deed that gives someone a mandate to own that land. It is not possible. Investors like Tullow Oil Company or whoever they are should know that they cannot own that land. Hon. Speaker, the Bill provides that the authority of unregistered land will be vested in county governments. Some county governments are misusing that authority in that once one is given an opportunity of being the governor or the CEC in charge of lands, they give out land anyhow without bearing in mind its importance. For the Turkana community, unregistered land is meant for grazing, performing culturally important functions and as water points. The authority should remain with the community. It should not go to the CS. The CS is in Nairobi and the governor cannot own our land. That land is purely under the community."
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