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    "id": 814268,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Chrisantus Wakhungu",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "I wish she could listen. I know the Commissioner is busy. What I am raising is in line with Article 118 of the Constitution. Public participation is critical. When you do public participation, you are supposed to involve key stakeholders. When it comes to matters of land, land valuers are very critical. I was surprised that land valuers were not involved anywhere in this Report. These are the experts and the people who look at the matters of land valuation. I wish they could find a way to hear their views because they are the critical people. I went through the Report and they are nowhere. I have only seen surveyors. When you talk of land surveyors and land valuers, the two are totally different. A land surveyor is not a land valuer. Having said that, I want to note that this is a very important Bill. We debated this Bill in the last Parliament. It went to the Senate, but it died there. It is high time we looked for a framework of what we need to do in case it goes to the other House and dies there. It is very critical because when we differ with them, we normally have mediation. We should look for a framework whereby when a Bill has gone to the Senate, we give them a specific timeframe that a Bill should not go beyond, for instance, six months. This will help us to work in a better way in a bicameral system. This Bill is important. We have had issues in acquisition of land. I will give an example of National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF). When somebody somewhere hears that the NG-CDF would be used to buy land, he exaggerates the price of the land. This is something that has led to wastage of funds. At the same time, valuers will collude with the sellers and value it at three times the actual value of that land. This is something that is happening. If we have these laws in place, they will minimise corruption. Land is a very important factor of production. Any economist will tell you that. It is basic knowledge for those who have done statistics that when you come up with an index, you must come up with a base. Now, when it comes to determining a base, I wish there is clarity because we have different valuations when it comes to land. Land in Nairobi is totally different in terms of valuation to land in another place."
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