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    "id": 850985,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Nonetheless, I want to contribute to this very important Bill. It is a matter that we, as a House of Parliament, need to quickly dispense of, because it forms a very interesting proposal from the Government about various projects that are being undertaken and the challenges they continue to experience, especially as they roll out projects. It is timely and important for us to consider the Land Value Index Bill. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have had discussions about it outside Parliament about how important and crucial it is to us, as a country. This is, especially now, during this phase when huge infrastructural developments are being carried within the Republic of Kenya and the challenges that the Government to continues to face. It is with that history in mind that there is this proposal to amend various sections of the Land Registration Act. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we need to be told, even after the passage of this law, how much we lost as a country in terms of monies that were paid as compensation for land along the route that the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) took from Mombasa, and even now as it proceeds to Malaba. Reports vary from what we read from blogs and media spaces that chances are that Kenyans have paid five to ten times of what was ideally the value of that land. If we had this law in place at that time and had the NLC lived up to the true spirit and letter of our Constitution; of being a proper adjudicator of the value of land in our country, then Kenyans would not have paid the astronomical figures that we did for the SGR. It is part of the reason why we continue to complain to date. Nonetheless, because this law has come, I believe it will be useful going forward as we carry out other projects. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to share a few of my concerns and parts of the Bill that I agree with. I generally agree with the thinking and many of the proposals and The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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