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    "id": 632204,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Korere",
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        "legal_name": "Sara Paulata Korere",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I was trying to say that land issues in this country are emotive and many problems that bring loss of lives revolve around land. What this Bill intends to do is to make sure that there is a process in which if the NLC initiates a process, the Ministry takes over and somebody else finishes it. This is so, so that at the end of the day, there is no one with monopoly over the others. I would like to remind Members of this House that not long ago Members of this House threw out the defunct Electoral Commission under the pretext that it was responsible for the bungled elections. Today, the same House, same Members and especially my friends led by Hon. Ababu and Hon. Aden there, are again demanding the removal of the IEBC over allegations that it is not an effective Commission. I want to remind them that even the NLC is run by Kenyans. I want to be on record on the Floor of this House as saying that even the current NLC as constituted has committed many wrongs. When Kenyans were making the new Constitution, they were not giving the NLC powers to be an activist Commission. They were giving them powers to try and solve land issues. When I speak about land issues, I hold this debate so close to my heart because I come from an area where land issue has been a problem since Independence. Much as I appreciate my colleagues who make contributions to this Bill, I accept that there are some areas that need some changes. There are areas that need some enrichment. Currently, the Bill is 90 per cent good. I urge and plead with my colleagues to address the 10 per cent that is not good, which could be as a result of human error. I plead with my colleagues to pass this Bill and see the reforms that we have really yearned for in the land sector. Let us support this Bill and make the minimal changes that might be required. I support the Bill."
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