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    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Therefore, with Kshs100 million, we will still end up with 32 schools. Therefore, Kshs3.2 billion is a lot of money that can finance the budget of Lamu County for a year. We visited the children of Ruaraka Primary School and assured them that their learning shall never be disrupted. That is our message to them as the Senate. Those who disrupt the activities of little boys and girls deserve nothing else than what Sen. Shiyonga proposed yesterday. Therefore, people who use school land as pawns in a game of economic crime are sabotaging the future of this nation and serious action should be taken against them. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Cabinet Secretaries Farida Karoney and Amina Mohammed appeared before the Committee and they were very candid. However, I want to mention one particular individual, the Principal Secretary (PS) Ministry of Education, Dr. Belio Kipsang, who appeared before our Committee, even though we ended up holding him responsible and recommended he be investigated. When he appeared before us, he made us aware of the taskforce that was established. In fact, it looked like he was shooting himself on the foot. However, we took it that he was being honest and for that, we recommend him even though it is that honesty that has now landed him into trouble. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the issue of responsibility, Section 107 (1) of The Land Act says that the process of compulsory acquisition of land must be initiated by a Cabinet Secretary or a County Executive Committee (CEC) Member and not the National Land Commission (NLC). Secondly, the NLC does not have a budget for compulsory acquisition; the budget comes from the parent or acquiring Ministry. That is why we cannot pin the NLC and the land sellers without assigning responsibility to the persons responsible for the main Ministry. Finally, we hope that when this House adopts this report, the necessary constitutional institutions and statutory bodies shall ensure that their recommendations are implemented in good time. We have gone ahead and defined which Committee of the House should follow up on implementation. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank you and the House for overwhelmingly supporting this Motion. I hope that the verbal support shall also translate into the votes that we are about to take at the end of this debate."
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