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    "id": 926084,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/926084/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kajiado South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Katoo ole Metito",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13239,
        "legal_name": "Janet Marania Teyiaa",
        "slug": "janet-marania-teyiaa"
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    "content": "The Ministry of Defence requested the National Land Commission (NLC) to facilitate the valuation process to ensure the proper value of the land was determined – the NLC has been facing several accusations of overvaluing land – and furnish the Ministry with a valuation report on the general area of interest for planning purposes. That was done. It has been determined that the total size of land adequate for the Kenya Airforce Forward Operating Base, the radar site, the military camp and the training area is about 5,000 acres but it is to be acquired in phases due to inadequacy of funds. The land to be used in Phase I will be 570 acres, which was for immediately radar use. Later on, I will explain because the acreage went up to 876. This is because the parcel was owned by an individual and the whole parcel was 876 acres. For the Ministry, 570 acres was enough for phase one. According to the Kenya Air Force timelines, the modernisation of radars and its accessories was to be installed by June 2018. However, it was not possible. The decision to acquire the entire parcel was based on the Kenya Air Force initial requirement of 5,000 acres on an elevated plot. The plot numbers are CIS/Mara/Lemek/243 and the adjoining area to be acquired first was to become 570 acres. The remainder of 4,430 acres can be acquired gradually. This is very critical in our Report, in concurrence with the community that owns the land. The NLC also gazetted the plots that may be affected during the initial acquisition. 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."
}