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    "id": 627654,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Okoth",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 12482,
        "legal_name": "Kenneth Odhiambo Okoth",
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    "content": "our Order Paper is about the Report on the term of the Transitional Authority (TA). The Community Land Bill speaks very importantly about the role of county governments in holding land in trust and managing some of the unregistered community lands. Some of those trust lands were held as assets of the former county and municipal assemblies. When you think about the TA being out of business in the next 48 hours when the law expires on 4th March 2016, I wonder if the county governments will take control of those community land assets that were under the control of the county and municipal authorities that were then transferred to the TA. It is one of those things where time is against us. I wish we had a proper mechanism in place. In this transition period, as we debate this Bill and come out with mechanisms, you might find out that in some of the county governments, assets currently held in trust on behalf of the communities by the TA will go into limbo, or it will not be clear who is in charge. You will find that returning those assets back for the benefit of the community from private owners who might have bought them at throw-away prices will be very difficult. I hope that at the Third Reading Stage, many Members would have brought in all those important amendments that we want and we will have a Bill that lives up to the aspirations of Kenyans."
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