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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Orengo",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": "many of them said that they would rather have a title deed in the name of the community, which is now going to be possible in terms of the current Constitution. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also want to add that in the year 2010, I placed an embargo on land transactions in Lamu County, because it was quite clear to me that many people were being given land in Lamu because the whole district is Government land. I realised that there were lots of people who were getting land in Lamu for speculation purposes. Some of them have ranches which they were not using at all. If you look at the pieces of land in respect of which title deeds have been issued, you will see that very few belong to the local people. So, I put a stop to land transactions until I am assured that the local people have their fair share of the land. I also want to assure the hon. Member that there is no scheme that I know of; to settle IDPs in Lamu County. I am talking of IDPs arising from the post-election violence of the year 2007/2008. For that matter, let me also clarify that there are no IDPs who are being settled in Taita Taveta County. However, I would not stop any person who may want to give his own land to any group of IDPs. So, there is no land which is being purchased by the Government, or which is being given out by the Government, to settle IDPs in Taita Taveta or Lamu Counties."
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