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    "id": 633022,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/633022/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wamunyinyi",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 291,
        "legal_name": "Athanas Misiko Wafula Wamunyinyi",
        "slug": "athanas-wamunyinyi"
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    "content": "available land that should be given to citizens who do not own any land. Above all, the issue of those who have too much land must be addressed. The issue of zoning is provided in the Bill. This provides for agricultural land which shall be clearly categorised for both cash crops and food crops. It goes ahead to provide for livestock and pastoral land for our brothers in Turkana and Maasai land, who move with their animals from one place to another looking for grazing land for their cattle. There has been an issue of group ranches in Kajiado and an issue of the Turkana people taking other people’s animals, particularly when they move to the lower part of Pokot. The Pokots also take other people’s animals. There has to be a way of dealing with these issues. They are all Kenyans and members of our community. I am addressing this issue because eventually it is going to be very important. There is going to be so much land for grazing and livestock. This land must be clearly provided for livestock. There is also land for urban areas such as towns and cities. It is clearly spelt out that there will be low, medium, mixed-user and high density residential areas within urban areas. There will also be light, medium and heavy industrial areas. This is also a pointer to the issues which must be addressed. For instance, industrial areas must be separated from residential areas. There should be good planning before any area is determined as industrial or residential. In conclusion, as we endeavour to pass this Bill, strong measures must be taken to ensure that grabbed land reverts to the public. If it is public land, then, it has to revert to the public. There should be clear powers given to the officers in those offices to ensure that land reverts to the public even if they have title deeds."
}