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    "id": 830725,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Malava, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Moses Injendi",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Malulu Injendi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I also rise to support this Motion. One of the challenges facing most of us when it comes to expansion or purchase of land for schools is pricing. As one Member has mentioned, land prices are so high. When purchasing land for an existing school, somehow the owners of this land increase its value. For example, there is a case in my constituency of Malava, where I have set aside some money to purchase about two or three acres. The land value is around Kshs500,000 per acre, but the moment you allocate money like Kshs2 million, the owner of the land asks for Kshs1 million per acre. So, we must have a policy to control this. The moment the Government Valuer comes to value the land, the owner does not believe him since he thinks he is an arm of Government out to devalue the price of his land. Another challenge we have, as my brother has mentioned, is that some of the schools are sitting on land that belongs to the church, community and land donated by persons who have passed on. You find that the grandchildren of such people are now coming up to demand for compensation for their land and because there is no policy, you are compelled to purchase land that was given even 20 years ago. This is happening because there is no policy. If you do not give this compensation, they take the school to court demanding payment. Because there is no guideline, then you have no choice other than to obey. This in itself is defeating the whole process of expanding education to all. In our regulations, we talk of the highest size for a school, I think it should be three acres but it is not so clear how much a school should own. It is very interesting that in this country, The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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