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    "id": 815651,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/815651/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13331,
        "legal_name": "Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": " I just want to bring to the attention of the House so it is not construed in any way. Also, as members of the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya (ISK), we were not consulted. I have not been given an opportunity to make a presentation in respect of this matter. Nevertheless, the amount of suffering people who own land have undergone through as a result of compulsory acquisition has been harrowing. Many of us remember the Ndakaini Dam and the Thiba Dam matters which have dragged on from 2012. We also remember many cases that have dragged on endlessly without conclusion. I have perused through the Bill and there are fundamental bridges of the Constitution and normal practise that the LSK and I will seek amendments at the right time. Specifically, it is unfair and extremely out of the ordinarily to propose that compensation for people who do not have right to land can only be made to those who have occupied land for uninterrupted period of 12 years. Many of us know that in this country, land transactions are done everyday. We buy land especially in rural and peri-urban areas and never conclude the transaction for one reason or another because of succession cases, lack of money to pay the Stamp Duty, legal fees and others. To literally legislate that we will only consider people after 12 years is a complete breach of the law, the Constitution and a contradiction of the best practices by the World Bank Operational Policy 4.12 and other operational policies that govern resettlement action plans all over the World."
}