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    "id": 814223,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/814223/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "So, the creation of easement of land, creation of public rights of way or the acquisition of wayleaves for infrastructure installation is a matter that is being discussed in this Bill. Land is required for building highways and major road infrastructure. Land is required by the Government in the construction of railway lines and substations. Land is required in the construction of big transmission wayleaves and other major infrastructural installations and projects. The ease with which the required land or rights over land are accessed is a pointer or it signals Kenya’s quality in terms of ease of doing business. We must set a standard in terms of how we acquire land rights that is also found in law where even investors sitting out in major cities in the world can be very comfortable that: “I can go and invest in Kenya. This is how land is available and this is how land is accessed and acquired.” The importance of this Bill is with regard to the amendments of the Land Act of 2012. So, this Bill is making major amendments to one principal Act, which is the Land Act of 2012 in order to provide for the development of a land value index where we can standardise and harmonise the value of land across the country for the primary purpose of creating one single window of creating a land index. You can sit in Singapore, New York or London and say that that particular piece of land will cost this much as a result of the land value index. That standardisation and harmonisation of the value of land across the country for the primary purpose of determining what we call land rent, land rates, stamp duty on conveyance of land and when it comes to compensation of particular land is what this Bill is all intended for. We are saying that land rates, land rent, stamp duty and even the compensation in this case must be harmonised, standardised and predictable. You can buy a piece of land here and when you reach the Intercontinental Hotel, the same piece of land has a different value. That is the essence, that we can have the three components, namely, land rates, land rent and the stamp duty harmonised and standardised and again predictable. Let me go to the clauses. Clause 2 of the Bill proposes to amend Section 2 of the Land Act 2012. It is good for Members to have a copy of the Land Act, 2012."
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