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    "id": 712538,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kajuju",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Florence Kajuju",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity to contribute to this Bill, which I fully support. It is a very progressive Bill as far as land laws are concerned, taking into account that we are trying to harmonise three different sets of land laws, namely, the Land Act, the Land Registration Act and the very important Prevention, Protection and Assistance to Internally Displaced Persons and Affected Communities Act. One of the important things I have noted in these amendments is that they introduce terms that are very important in law like “just compensation, prompt and full compensation”. In law, that is very important. It means that it sets the timelines within which compensation must be done and that, that compensation must be just, fair and reasonable. I also support this Bill land always appreciates. There is no one time that you will find land depreciating. It will always appreciate. Harmonising these laws means that they will be predictable in as far as the market rates and the values of land are concerned. I believe that we are going to have a more harmonised market for land and in dealing with the Government. I also support this Bill because I know that under Clause 10, the National Land Commission (NLC) can be allowed to hold a title deed in trust for a minor. Where land is supposed to go to a minor, then the NLC can be allowed to hold the land in trust until the minor attains the required age. Also, in situations where the beneficiary of the land has passed on and, maybe, one of the persons who are supposed to get the land has not obtained letters of administration of the estate, then, the NLC can hold that land in trust until the beneficiaries obtain the letters of administration."
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