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    "id": 664690,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Lesuuda",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Naisula Lesuuda",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Bill. I have read it and compared it with the current Act dealing with community land. There was a mediation process before this Bill was drafted. We, as pastoralists, are affected by this Bill. We had various concerns which we sat and looked at. One of them is to do with various definitions. One of the key issues is unregistered community land and how it will be handled. The issue of trustee and the role of the county government in unregistered community land is given prominence in this Bill. Clause 6(7) says:- “A county government shall not sell, dispose, transfer, convert for private purposes or in any other way dispose of any unregistered community land that it is holding in trust on behalf of the communities for which it is held.” Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this Bill needs to go further to explain the role, meaning and extent of the trustee role of the county government in relation to the unregistered community land. There are various other issues that communities would be keen to see addressed by this Bill. One issue is to do with communal and reserve land and issuance of title deeds. We continue to see these issues even in our own counties where we have The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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