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    "id": 763116,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/763116/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A. B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "THAT, this House adopts Sessional Paper No.1 of 2017 on the National Land Use Policy, laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday 11th October 2017. From the outset, this is a very important matter to this House. Of course, it is more than that of our colleagues who are on the streets with firimbis and all that. This is a better thing to discuss. Land is defined in this document. Members can pick copies from the Table Office. It is defined as the surface of the earth that is the subsurface rock, any body of water on or under the surface, marine waters in territorial sea and exclusive economic zones, and natural resources completely contained on or under the surface and the airspace above that surface. Land plays a significant role in the development of any society, the Kenyan society included. It has been the focus of productive activities and a source of political power. So, it is used for both political power and productive activities. It is also a principal instrument when fostering social justice, development and when fostering the provisions of decent dwellings and health conditions. Therefore, land reflects the interest and the welfare of a society as a whole. The absence of a clearly defined land use policy in Kenya has resulted in haphazard approaches to how we manage different land use practices and policies. How the pastoralists use land, how conservationists use land, how farmers use land and how developers use land is what has brought the need to have a clearly defined land use policy. That is why we have this Sessional Paper before us today."
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