{"id":680582,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/680582/?format=json","text_counter":462,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Mwiru","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":107,"legal_name":"Alex Muthengi Mburi Mwiru","slug":"alex-mwiru"},"content":"telling him that whatever action he was trying to take is illegal and he would sue him. You can see the kind of parallel operations that they were conducting. The other one is Clause 36 of the Bill. It was supposed to be amended in sub-clause (a) by deleting the word “and” appearing in paragraph (1) and substituting therefor the word “public”. There was need for the NLC to be given discretion to maintain an effective land information system for management of public land. Article 67 of the Constitution gives the NLC mandate to manage public land on behalf of county governments and the national Government. If they cannot afford to maintain land management systems especially on public land then the likelihood is that we will not know which land belong to the public and which one does not. The proposal was that although the national Government, and the Cabinet Secretary for that matter, can have land management systems on his own or as a national Government, the NLC must also be able to assess that land. It must have another land management system that involves the public land. Under Clause 47(c) of the Bill, the amendment is seeking to secure the pre-emptive rights avoiding anarchy in the land sector. There are cases where leases have expired. When they expire, the authorities do not even dare to report or inform the owner or the person who was holding the lease that their lease has expired. We have seen scenarios where people are given land just immediately after the expiry of the lease of another person. If the lease is about to expire, the person who was holding the lease must be informed before any other action can be taken. In some cases, they look at areas where the owner or the previous holder of the lease has died and they cannot inform the siblings or the heir so that they use that particular law to deprive the siblings of that land. They should be given notice five years before the expiry of that lease so that they can afford to reapply in case they want to. They should also be able to check who the kin are in case that owner is dead so that, at least, he or she will have the pre-emptive right to apply for that lease or renewal of that lease. That is the essence of Clause 47 as it has been amended. I thank the House most sincerely. We have walked this very long path from 2015 to date. With this mediated version of the Bill from both Houses, I ask that the House gives us the impetus to start this reform on land. I call upon Hon. ole Kenta to second me on this."}