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    "content": "meeting, we had a very unique case whereby two Bills from the National Assembly were rejected by the Senate in total. The two Bills included the Land Laws (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.55 of 2015). The Speaker at that time ordered that we have an informal session by way of a seminar which was held at Crown Plaza Hotel and I know the date is on record. That gave a chance for Senators to give their views because we did not want to invite Senators to come to public participation. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank all the Members of that Committee because the way they conducted the mediation was exemplary. To go through more than 100 Clauses one by one, because apparently since they were all rejected, it meant that we had to mediate on each and every one of them. In the mediation we felt that since we had a limited time of two weeks, we had to take extra time and all the Members agreed to work overtime in order to meet the deadline set because this is a constitutional Bill. This is in addition to the fact that some of the issues contained in this Bill include the requirement for minimum-maximum land holdings in Kenya as required in the Constitution; and also the historical injustices law which is included in the Bill, among others. Of course this Bill sets to rationalize all the issues that we have had since 2013 between the Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development and the National Land Commission (NLC). Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am happy to report that we worked very diligently and sometimes late in the nights and we came up with an agreed position which is contained in our Report from page 11 to the end of the Report. All the Members of the Mediation Committee unanimously agreed on all the Clauses listed there. In looking at this Bill, part of the major concerns that we dealt with was to reintroduce the need--- Ordinarily, when we go to mediation, we only look at the Clauses and we agree or disagree with the National Assembly on them. In this particular instance, we agreed to include additional information from the major stakeholders so that when we come to our arguments, they are more informed. For that reason, I am convinced and the entire Committee was convinced that the position on each and every Clause was the best option for Kenya. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to request Sen. Hargura who was a Member of the Committee to second the Motion."
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