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    "id": 830737,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/830737/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bonchari, PDP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Oyioka",
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        "legal_name": "John Oroo Oyioka",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Motion by Hon. Kositany. I have cases of schools within my constituency which are existing on land that is hardly the size of this National Assembly. I think this House occupies land that is about one-quarter of an acre. They exist on that land because they were started without following the laid down Ministry of Education’s regulations as stipulated in the Education Act, Chapter 211. That is where the rain started beating us. When we tried to acquire more land for such schools, the owners of land surrounding the schools were not willing to move. That is why I support this Motion. We shall come up with regulations leading to compulsory acquisition of land for these schools. At the outset, I suggest that we do it in a human way where we will move these people to any available land and if there will be any cash to be given to such people then they should be cleared before they move. This should not be misconstrued in this House that regulations do not exist. I refer you to the Education Act. The issue is that in Kenya, nowadays, we do not follow 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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