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    "id": 814342,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/814342/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mukurweini, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Anthony Kiai",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Githiaka Kiai",
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    "content": "There are quite a number of examples. One of the biggest projects this country has ever undertaken is the Standard Gauge Railway. Part of the reason why this project has become very expensive to this country is because the land acquisition has been bogged down by cases and overinflated compensations. We cannot forget about Outer Ring Road which to date has not been completed on an account of an issue that has come up about land compensation which initially was a road reserve. It is the same case with Lang’ata Road and many other roads in this country. Therefore, this Bill is very timely because it will ensure that such cases are not there. There will be a structured framework and methodology of ensuring that land which is acquired compulsorily for public infrastructure is paid for. The inconsistencies that have been there in determining value for land, despite the fact that it is in the same locality and neighbourhood, has also been an impediment to the achievement of Vision 2030 and the Big Four Agenda. As you are aware, land is a factor of production. We can only use this factor of production effectively, if we have in place such a structured method of compensation where land is acquired compulsorily by the Government."
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