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    "id": 814364,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/814364/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Jeniffer Shamalla",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 221,
        "legal_name": "Maina Kamanda",
        "slug": "maina-kamanda"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support what I refer to as a landmark amendment. Indeed, it is crucial that if we want to move from Third World to First World, we will require huge infrastructural development. For infrastructural developments, we are going to need land acquisition. It is such a critical tool for development of nations that are moving to the next level. In the US, land acquisition is referred to as eminent domain which means that the state is the supreme landlord. Compulsory acquisition of land is facilitated and is done to enforce and to facilitate private economic growth of states. Hence, it is important that we have land index to be able to give us the prices and the land rates. I say this because one of the difficult situations in this country to infrastructural development has been the speculation of land. With this landmark legislation, that is going to stop. In as much as we see Government acquiring land for infrastructure development, we also hope that very soon, we shall see land that will be acquired for public parks and recreational facilities for the people of this country. With those few remarks, I support the amendment."
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