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    "id": 63103,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Orengo",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank hon. Maalim for that question. There is only one settlement scheme which is ongoing right now, which is in Mpongwe, in Witu, which started in the year 2009. I have told my officers that before anyone is issued with a title deed, I am going to interrogate the list to make sure that those who will get title deeds in that scheme are indigenous people from Lamu County. We may have some discretion, because the general policy is that 60 per cent of the land in a settlement scheme should go to the indigenous people, and 40 per cent should be for consideration for people who may be living in that county. However, for this particular scheme, I have told my officers that I want 99 per cent local people settled there, and I am not going to bend any rules in this regard. If you continue looking at the Kenya Gazette, you will see that we have revoked several titles lawfully for land which was acquired un-procedurally, or which was grabbed. Some of these are sand dunes. Some of these are large expanses of land. For example, there was a particular person who had acquired more than 5,000 hectares, and he was just using that land for purposes of speculation. He was not doing anything on it. So, if we have to take an audit, the amount of land which I have recovered in Lamu, which will be available for the local people, is very impressive; I think hon. Shakila"
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