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    "id": 949448,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/949448/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugunja, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Opiyo Wandayi",
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to comment specifically on the Petition by the Member for Ikolomani, Hon. Shinali, for two reasons. Firstly, that road is not just Sigalagala-Butere. The complete name of the road is Sigalagala-Butere- Sindindi, which is also in my constituency. The issues that affect his constituency also affect mine as well. Secondly, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is grappling with the land compensation issue as we speak. Even though the law on compulsory land acquisition is clear, I may want to invite the Committee on Delegated Legislation to look at the regulations that support this law if they are there. Since, I have not had occasion to look at them, one thing that needs to come out clear is: At what point is the compulsory land acquisition process said to be complete? Is it simply at the point when the NLC gazettes or when the original owners of the land have been adequately compensated? What is the role that governs implementation of projects on compulsory acquired land? Is it that the implementing agencies are at liberty to commence implementation even before the acquired land has been compensated? Or they have to wait for the owners to be compensated before the project can commence? As we speak, there is total confusion. You find projects being undertaken on land whose owners have not been compensated, yet in other projects we are told they cannot commence until compensation is completed. So, we are at a loss. I suggested that these petitions be taken before a joint committee. Perhaps, the Departmental Committee on Lands and the Committee on Delegated Legislation or Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs and any other relevant committee. So, we can deal with this matter once and for all. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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