Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 643330,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/643330/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 1122,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwiru",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 107,
        "legal_name": "Alex Muthengi Mburi Mwiru",
        "slug": "alex-mwiru"
    },
    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. It is good that we debate this Bill from a very informative stance and knowledge of what the Constitution says and envisages to do with the functions of the two agencies, namely; the Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development and the NLC. These are the only agencies that are mandated to deal with land administration in this country. It is important to realise that the NLC and its functions are enshrined under Article 67of our Constitution. A number of them are listed there. I happen to have been in the 10th Parliament when we were passing these land laws. At that time, we were all looking towards going to the constituencies to campaign. Therefore, we could not properly interrogate some of these things at that time. After the promulgation of the Constitution and the passage of these land laws, the then Minister for Lands, Hon. (Sen.) Orengo, realised that there was a problem with these land laws and, therefore, embarked on trying to see which areas required to be amended for purposes of streamlining the functions of the two agencies. As the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Lands, both agencies are my “children”. Therefore, I have to accord them functions according to the way the Constitution mandates them. Secondly, some Members may not realise that this omnibus law has some constitutional deadlines, which we have to beat. The issue of minimum and maximum land holdings is already in our Constitution. As Parliament, we are supposed to prescribe on the minimum and maximum land one can hold. Thirdly, on matters to do with historical land injustices, the Constitution says it is a matter which is supposed to be looked at, with constitutional deadlines. That also appears in this Bill. 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."
}