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    "id": 627624,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nderitu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2546,
        "legal_name": "Francis Waweru Nderitu",
        "slug": "francis-waweru-nderitu"
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    "content": "end of the day, would like to have an individual ownership. As we hear from some of the communities, this Bill is there to stay as some communities would like land to be owned as such and indivisibly as community land as long as we live on this land. So, that is an area that we will explore and during the Third Reading, some of these stages will be properly effected. There is the issue of conversion of land from community land to Government land. The Bill has enumerated very well how conversion will be done either through compulsory acquisition, transfer or surrender, but of utmost importance is that the community is not supposed to be deprived of their rights. So, that one should be taken care of. The Land Act, 2012, is the main Act dealing with land registration. There is no limit to that land as far as application of this community land is concerned. The issue of personal interest is an area that is of interest. There are Members who were feeling that for this community land to protect each and every individual, it needs to be a bit expanded. We were just joking with my friend here and saying that today, if a girl got married to a gentleman in that community and this lady is not in the register of that community and she has a family, what happens? So, we need to go deeper and address the issue of interaction between communities, so that even new people coming in the communities are catered for. So, the issue of review of the register has been proposed for five years, but we feel that five years is too long. If we gave it a term of two years, that would be practical so that whatever happens within a year or two can be included in that register. So, the Bill has captured most of the aspirations of the people."
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