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    "id": 830729,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/830729/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Narok South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Korei ole Lemein",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2531,
        "legal_name": "Korei Ole Lemein",
        "slug": "korei-ole-lemein"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I thank Hon. Kositany for coming up with this Motion. I agree with him. Land is becoming extremely scarce. If some of us who come from the so-called pastoral regions can feel it, what about those people who come from densely populated regions? I agree with him that the Government needs to come up with a fund that will assist on matters of land expansion. I believe almost every Member of this House has an experience on matters NG-CDF. There is a time that you are torn between buying a piece of land and building a classroom. It becomes a challenge. The School Management Committees (SMCs) want you to buy a piece of land and at the same time, they want you to construct a classroom. So, it becomes a big challenge. Therefore this Motion intends to address the same challenges. As some speakers have alluded, for us to move forward, even as the Ministry of Education puts in place policies and structures on matters of schools, what is very important as well is the Physical Planning Act. Even if funds are put in place to buy land and to increase the number of acreages and so forth, still we have a challenge because of high population of almost 50 million Kenyans. In the next 10 or 20 years, the projection on matters population in this country will be so high. So, if we are pressed at the moment, what will happen in the next 20, 30 or 50 years? Of course, as the population increases, land will always remain the same. Therefore, I believe that if big plans are put in place at the moment, at least, for the next generations, I will be seeing some fruits on matters land in this area. We are talking about primary and secondary schools. Even on tertiary education where we are moving to, it is becoming a challenge because we cannot access land to develop some of these very important institutions. I support this Motion."
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