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    "id": 814288,
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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 want to thank everyone for paying attention when it comes to matters land. When you earn a salary, the first thing you want to think of is to buy land, plot or house. You cannot exclude a house from land. That is why Hon. Shamalla - and I can see her smiling - who comes from near my village, knows very well that land is very critical. I want to mention something about the alternative compensation. I have reservations on alternative compensation. I come from Kitale and we have an organisation called the Agricultural Development Corporation (ADC). At the end of the month, workers at the ADC expect to be paid a salary, whether it is Kshs20,000 or Kshs30,000. There is outcry because the company has developed an alternative method of compensating. Instead of getting your cash, some people are being forced to take maize. The quality of some of the maize is compromised or your priority could not be maize. So, when it comes to alternative methods of compensation, we are looking at the Government. They should not take advantage and abuse the process because money should be the alternative thing that you can buy whatever you want with. The moment you say that we are going to have alternative methods of compensation, my friend, Hon. Dido Rasso, could have a piece of land where a railway line is passing through. The Government could say it is going to compensate him by giving him some shares in some parastatal which could be going down and he may not be aware. So, when we get to the Committee of the whole House, we should amend that particular section. When it comes to valuation and compensation, let it be in the form of money. It can be in different currency such as dollars. It is not bad, but for you to be compensated in an alternative method, it is very dangerous because it can be abused. In exchange for land, you might be given cattle. I can see Hon. Dido Rasso shaking his head in agreement because this thing has been abused and we must oppose it. We should not allow that somebody has acquired your land and they want to give you alternatives. This should be done with one’s consent. It should be that you have accepted and you want a four-wheel drive car. That is acceptable. If we leave it open-ended the way it is, it is likely to be abused. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I salute the committee for the work well done. There is room for improvement."
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