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    "id": 810581,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Roysambu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Isaac Ndirangu",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Waihenya Ndirangu",
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    "content": " This question of Ruaraka land brings to the fore the problem that is facing almost all public secondary institutions in this country. When a proprietor of a piece of land seeks its subdivision, one important policy he or she has to comply with is to surrender 10 per cent of the said land so that it can be dedicated to public utility. This is what Ruaraka Secondary School and Drive-In Primary School had to go through. The 13.5 acres were surrendered as public utility. It indicates that the Nairobi City Council, which was then the trustee of public utilities, did not take responsibility to issue a title in the name of those schools to the owners of the public utility land, which is the secondary school. So, I wish to inform the Chair of the Committee that it was important also to make a finding that there was irresponsibility on the part of the Nairobi City County in not safeguarding the title deed of this property. This problem is not only restricted to Ruaraka Secondary School. You will find that almost every other public secondary school and primary school, particularly in Nairobi County, has no title deed yet it is only a few years ago when the Head of State ordered the NLC and the Ministry of Lands to ensure that all public schools in this country are issued with title deeds. I have many examples in my constituency. I can only mention here Garden Estate Secondary School, which we have been building over time.The land was grabbed. Although the school exists, the title belongs to some private Kenyans. Even as we look up to the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission (EACC) to help us in those investigations, I will tell you of an example of a parcel of land in my constituency which was misappropriated by a proprietor because he had connections with some commissioners at the EACC. That is where we go to seek help. It is important that the Ministry of Lands and the National Land Commission ensure that all public facilities in Nairobi have been issued with title deeds."
}