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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Pareno",
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        "legal_name": "Judith Ramaita Pareno",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I was saying that the Constitution is superior to the law that we are making. Article 188 of the Constitution gives this Parliament powers. However, Clause 5 of this Bill proposes that this Parliament goes ahead and takes back the issues of land to the presidency. In fact, we go further to even ask the President to nominate members of a Mediation Committee. Considering the history of land matters in this country, that should not be the case. Our history is replete with directives from the presidency where land has been misappropriated, people aggrieved and that is why we are talking about historical injustices. Why did we, in our Constitution, create the National Land Commission (NLC)? We created it to address all the land issues in this country. To me, this is the Commission that should be given more powers to address land matters. We were trying to remove land issues from the Presidency and the Executive so that it is handled by an independent Commission. Sen. Kang'ata indicated that we can give it to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). However, having in mind the performance of the current IEBC and its predecessors, I think we would better make use of the NLC, which has been created by the Constitution to address land matters in this country. We are talking about historical injustices over boundaries and ownership of land and we have a constitutional commission in place. We can look at how we can relate this Bill with the functions of the National Land Commission. Madam Temporary Speaker, I am happy with a provision that says that we can only ask for boundary alteration, although I am suggesting that we should also consider The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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