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    "id": 680630,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwiru",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Alex Muthengi Mburi Mwiru",
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    "content": "I am happy because we had Members and Senators who have vast experience in the Mediation Committee who live in areas where community land affects them. It is important that I put on record that most of the community land occupies two-thirds of our land mass. Therefore, it affects the greatest part of our country. That is why we involved Members from the pastoralists’ areas, with Hon. ole Kenta being one of them. We also had Hon. Chachu and Senator Hargura. Without understanding the dynamics of what happens in those areas, especially in northern Kenya, North Eastern Kenya and part of Upper Eastern, some of us may not get the gist of exactly what happens. That is why we agreed to amend 13 clauses of the main Bill, so that they can reflect the practices on the ground in those areas where community land is available. That is why I have mentioned Clause 2. In Clause 4 of the Bill, we had referred to the words “owning or owned”. However, Article 63 of the Constitution has used a different word. It has used the words “vested in, or vest in”. Therefore, we agreed that we use the words used in the Constitution instead of the words we had introduced in our Bill. We amended Clause 6(4) of the Bill and added (4)(a). In the earlier Bill, it was referring to only the Cabinet Secretary (CS). Therefore, we have introduced the county government. When there are consultations, the county government is also involved, other than the CS alone. The CS is supposed to be involved because we have noted that there are some tracts of land that transcend counties. For example, you have community land transcending from Wajir to Mandera. Therefore, the national Government should bring together the two communities or counties for purposes of registration of that land. 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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