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    "id": 641727,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nderitu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2546,
        "legal_name": "Francis Waweru Nderitu",
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    "content": "During our Committee meeting yesterday, we interrogated some titles in the Coast region and we had a lot of difficulties dealing with the NLC. You will find a letter of allotment that was allocated to a private citizen and the whole process such as the survey and the issuance of titles was done by the NLC. We did not want to give all the powers to the NLC in such a way that there are no controls, no oversight and everything is being done by one entity. The mandate of the Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development, when we looked at the Land Act and Land Registration Act--- There are areas that we found were in need. There are various sections that we found, however, good they are, if you try to look at the spirit of the Constitution, you will find that they contradicted the mandate of the Constitution. We need to see how we are going to reform some of these sections. The NLC Act is supposed to eliminate the duplication of the institution is roles. There is the issue of the county governments’ role in the Act. There is duplication of some duties that the NLC is doing and what the county governments are doing. We are trying to see how to amend this. The amendment provides a manner in which the NLC shall undertake, investigate the historical land injustices and complaints pursuant to Article 67(e). The same Article tries to harmonize the complaint pursuant to Clause 72. The way the Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development is working vis-à-vis the mandate of the NLC. I feel that if we do not have outright separation on their mandates, it will be very hard for the two institutions to work in harmony. According to Article 67(1), the functions of the NLC are very explicit. At no time during our Committee meetings did we attempt to remove the powers of the NLC. So, I am worried that some of my colleagues are saying that we are trying to remove the powers of the NLC. We want to align them because we felt that the NLC has very many things they are doing that even as a Committee that oversees it we are not aware of what it is doing. So, we felt that in some areas, we need to be very sure what the NLC is doing and what the Ministry is doing. I know with the various clauses that we are amending some of these issues will be straightforward. When you lie so many times it can look to be true. Some people are saying that we are changing the Constitution. Some are saying that we are giving the wrong work to the Cabinet 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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