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    "id": 850971,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/850971/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "This is so that where the NLC grants an award lower that what an independent value has given to an ordinary Kenyan, then it becomes an appeal at the Lands Appeal Tribunal. That is why the valuers under the Valuers Board sit there to determine who gave the correct value between the NLC, the Government valuer and the independent valuer. We cannot restrict this to the Government, because it naturally wants to pay less. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I disagree with the idea that when people are transacting, since they can transact land on a willing-buyer, willing-seller basis; it could be Kshs100,000 where the value is Kshs5 million or Kshs1 million where value is Kshs100,000. We must move to a place where every portion of land in this country – whether in Marsabit, Makueni or Lamu – has a value that can be determined. It does not make sense that when the Government is acquiring land for the Lamu Port and South Sudan-Ethiopia Corridor (LAPSSET) Project, where an acre is Kshs1.2 million, while when it is acquired for purposes of Thwake Dam, it is Kshs200,000 per acre. Similarly, it does not make sense when the Government is acquiring land for purposes of the dam in Elgeyo/Marakwet, the value of land is Kshs300,000 per acre; while acquiring the same for the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited (KETRACO) in Makueni, the value of land per acre there is Kshs350,000. When did we get to a place where value of land is so varied?"
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