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    "content": "Maybe you need the entire House and not just committees. I think there is another issue: Do we need the roads? Everybody will claim they need a particular road to go through a village to another and not just Sindindi. What is the cost? Maybe the problem starts there, when we begin costing, perhaps we do not factor compensation. I think the country as a whole needs conversation because we need development and where that development has to happen perhaps is on individual private-owners land. So, we have to balance between development and this element of what adequate compensation is. I think since we passed the Land Value Index Bill recently, this matter should be addressed much more robustly. Hopefully, now that we are almost at the tail end of putting in place a new NLC, they should invite all stakeholders to make contributions. On one hand, when people are told we are doing wind power, they say our cattle graze below the wires and so, we need compensation. But the grass is still growing notwithstanding the wires. This is something we must address. As a country, we have taken this issue of compensation to another level. This may, in itself, impede that still desired development in its various facets. I agree there is need for many 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."
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