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    "id": 627640,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/627640/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bunyasi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Sakwa Bunyasi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to comment on this Bill. I have a lot of interest in it because I have observed these issues since the mid-60s when we began with the processes, particularly in Maasailand at that time. Kenya has learnt a lot, must have learnt a lot or should have learnt a lot on how this process works in dynamic settings. My first concern about this Bill is that it is a bit ambivalent about changing society. It has defined “community” in a static, backward-looking manner and not one that is accommodative of the future. It is unclear what the rights of the new entrants would be like. It says in Clause 2 “\"community\" means an organized group of users of community land who are citizens of Kenya and share any of the following attributes- (a) common ancestry; (b) similar culture; (c) socio-economic or other common interest; (d) geographical space; or (e) ecological space. \" It amplifies in many ways what ethnic groupings are, which may well be the first order of presence as we see in our communities, but communities are very dynamic. In areas like Narok, for example, if there is anybody who is older than 50 years, they would have seen the tremendous change that has occurred. I am sure there are tensions as a result of it, but there are also important changes that have occurred in terms of land use, growth in incomes and quality of lives. This definition of “community” is looking back and is not accommodative of the changes that are occurring very rapidly. 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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