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    "id": 696772,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we did this to safeguard public interest. I am sure many Members in this House will support this move because they are the people who deal with many of those unfortunate staffers who are forced to go without support from NHIF simply because their dues have not been remitted. Those people flock our constituency offices seeking medical assistance. If only the State corporations had remitted this money--- That is why we have put timelines as to when all the State corporations that have deducted statutory deductions from their employees must remit that money to KRA, NSSF, NHIF or the SACCOs. Thirdly, we recommend that all Accounting Officers of State corporations should ensure that their respective State corporations’ budget is rationalized and expenditure maintained within the approved budgets to ensure that they meet their obligations in settling statutory deductions. The fourth issue is on land and buildings. Across the board, in almost all those State corporations, there were very many issues about State corporations holding land that they cannot prove ownership because they lack title documents to prove ownership. Some of those State corporations are losing land. A case in point is the Kenya School of Law (KSL). In particular, I am talking about a very prime property that lies in Nairobi along Bishop Road. This was KSL Principal’s house. The land upon which that house originally stood was allocated in 1997 to a company called M/s Rockville Limited who later transferred the same property to Standard Assurance in 2002 for a consideration of Kshs50 million. The Standard Assurance Company in return took up a loan of about Kshs10 million from Diamond Trust against that title. That is public land because it belongs to KSL. We have recommended that the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Land, Housing and Urban Development and the Chairman of the National Land Commission put caveats on all State parcels of land belonging to State corporations that are in private hands. What is happening is that land belonging to State corporations is allocated to private individuals who then, like this particular case of the KSL, move on to secure loans from banks. We have recommended that the CS for Land, Housing and Urban Development should within six months of adoption of this Report compile and submit to the National Assembly, a status report of all parcels of land held by various State corporations across the country as a first step towards taking stock of land assets held by the Government. The Judiciary should also consider prioritising cases involving illegal acquisition of public land with the view of quickly resolving such cases and having the land restored back to the public. You realise that many State corporations are in court with people who have been allocated and acquired public land that belongs to State corporations and those cases are all held up in court undecided. It is our prayer as a Committee and as a House that the new Chief Justice will move with speed to expedite all this land-related cases. 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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