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    "id": 712505,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Katoo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 199,
        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to second this very important Bill. The Mover, the Leader of the Majority Party, has explained the intent and object of the Bill. It is purely to set criteria on how to assess the value of land, especially land that is meant for compulsory acquisition by the State for purposes of doing public projects. That acquisition criterion is well explained for Members to see in Clause 6 of the Bill. The reason the criterion is necessary is to avoid unpredictability, irrationality and non-harmonisation and to introduce standardisation, so that you can predict, especially in geographical zones, the value of certain pieces of land. This is for purposes of stopping unscrupulous persons or processes that always tend to take money away from the Government coffers. As the Mover has said, this is purposely land meant for capital projects. We are doing the standard Gauge Railway (SGR) and the Lamu Port South Sudan Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) projects. We have also seen KETRACO projects and areas where big water dams are to be constructed especially the flagship projects. For example, along Mombasa Road, we have the Konza City Project, among others. These processes have always been prone to court cases, which have delayed a lot of Government projects. Every court case is to do with the value of land. As our Constitution categorically places it, we have public, private and community land. Every time the Government wants to compulsorily acquire land, and that is allowed by the Constitution, if it is community or private land, the entities move to court. These court cases take too long. The purpose of moving to court is just to determine the real value of the land that has not been paid or compensated. 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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