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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Lands",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, there are only two who are going to respond, and we need more time. Now, I think in all that has been said, there should be accountability to this House in order to know where the buck should stop. We should have a full investigation of this matter. I suggest that the matter should be referred to the relevant Departmental Committee to interrogate some of the documents that have been placed before this House, and others which I am going to table. However, there are two components to this issue. There is the issue of the demolition and the issue of the status of land. Briefly I want to say the following on the issue of demolition. Whether there was a Cabinet decision or not, my position - I do not want to be quoted as speaking on behalf of the coalition Government - as somebody who has sworn to defend the Constitution, is that every decision, and that is found in Article 10 of this Constitution--- In applying and implementing any decision, every authority or Government entity is supposed to comply with the Constitution. So, all that happened should be measured against what is contained in the Constitution. I want to refer to a few sections of the Constitution on the issue of demolition. I think I have been in this House saying that there are now universally accepted procedures, which are known as “eviction guidelines”. One of them says that in a democracy even if somebody is trespassing on your land--- When the Government takes action to evict you, it cannot just evict you; it should know where you are going to. That is Articles 40 and 43, which give equal access to land; they are as clear as daylight. Now, if you look at Article 28, the question of inherent dignity - you know every person is entitled not just to dignity but to inherent dignity. It does not come from the Constitution; it is a right that inheres in you. You have that right under Article 28. If you are being removed from a house at 6.00 a.m. in the morning with your family, that does not comply with the Constitution. You are not being accorded dignity."
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