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    "id": 627676,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Letimalo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 68,
        "legal_name": "Raphael Lakalei Letimalo",
        "slug": "raphael-letimalo"
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    "content": "At the outset, I really appreciate you for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I support this Bill. I will start with Clause 5 about the role of the Cabinet Secretary (CS). I have no objection to the conduct of our adjudication in the counties, as it is enumerated. The CS is there to regulate the adjudication process of community land. I will talk about Clause 10, specifically about updating the members register. Clause 10(c) says that a register of members of the registered community shall be updated after every five years. I consider that to be a long period. A lot of things can happen in between. We can have experienced officials of co-operative societies sneaking in names of their members and relatives such that, by the time the annual general meeting is held, the register already has a lot of complaints. I recommend that instead of taking five years to update the register, it should be reduced to, at least, three years, so that members will have fresh information on the happenings of their registered community land. Clause 13 says that a registered community may recommend any portion of land for any purpose or use. This is important. In my view, any portion of land has its good and bad side. Land is a resource. We cannot say that only agricultural land has potential because of agricultural activities. Even those of us who come from Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) have a lot of mineral resources in such lands. That land can be converted into community-based conservancies, which will make members of such lands benefit. It is important for the community to be given the responsibility to apportion any piece of land that they think may be beneficial to them. We want to avoid a situation like the one of the defunct local authorities, which used to apportion some land for any public use without the knowledge of the community that resides in that land. Part V of the Bill, and specifically Clause 19, talks about certificate of title issued by the registrar upon registration. It says that it is a certificate that determines the ownership of that land. For those of us who come from pastoral areas where people still live in a communal life, the land is registered in group ranches. It is actually a huge chunk of land. It becomes difficult for the community to raise funds to pay for the cost of land to get title deeds. What we would like to request the Government, which should actually be included in this Bill, is that it should come with a way of giving some kind of provisions so that members of registered group ranches 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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