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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I first want to congratulate the Departmental Committee on Lands for bringing this Report to the House. I know majority of us and Kenyans will agree that this matter has been in the public domain. The media houses have taken a bit of time trying to elaborate and explain to Kenyans exactly what happened. This afternoon, we are privileged as Members of Parliament to discuss and inform Kenyans exactly what happened and what we intend to do as the National Assembly. I am asking myself a number of questions which I will also answer myself. I do not know whether an independent body or commission is above the Constitution or the law. In this case, we have had instances as a Committee where we have not been able to ask for documents or have documents produced on time because some individuals feel like they are above the law and are not supposed to comply with the questions asked by the Committee. The NLC needs to tell Kenyans exactly what happened and who, in this case, on behalf of the public and certain cartels in this country, authorised them to start an operation which was meant to pay out the more than Kshs5 billion that was lost. I want to bring to the light of the House that on 13th September 2016, the National Lands Commission wrote to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology informing them that there was a matter that was before them with regard to compensation and rated as a historical injustice. There are few rich men and individuals who have made sure that the NLC looks into their interests other than that of the majority of the Kenyans who are landless and those who were evicted but were not compensated. Others have been evicted forcefully by the Government, for example, the case of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR)."
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