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    "id": 830686,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/830686/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, DP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Gitonga",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "George Gitonga Murugara",
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    "content": "it comes to land in agricultural rich areas, schools and other institutions are deprived of land which they need for expansion. As a result, most learning institutions are confined to small pieces of land. The net effect is that schools cannot expand. They stagnate and, in fact, they are unable to cope with enrolment which rises from time to time due to population increase. The schools then have to set up branches and as they do so, more problems of land ownership are established. It is, therefore, important that the Government devises and puts in place a mechanism of compulsory land acquisition. This is under the various land laws and regulations in the country as far as land acquisition is concerned. Once land is compulsorily acquired, then it becomes mandatory for the owners to be compensated. Without a clear policy on how the owners are to be compensated, then the policy is likely to be marred by protracted legal battles as far as the owners are concerned. But with a clear guideline that is acceptable, one which possibly has gone through this House, debated and approved, then the institutions will benefit from that acquisition and the subsequent compensation likely to be given to the land owners."
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