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    "id": 964936,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo",
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        "legal_name": "Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity. As I second this Motion, I would like to remind my colleague that Funyula Constituency only sends titled men and women to represent them in Parliament. I belong to the Committee on Delegated Legislation. I support the Motion. Land is a central issue in the country because of its importance and centrality in the process of production, cultural and political dispensation. Therefore, these Regulations were meant to implement or actualise Article 60 of the Constitution of Kenya, which is the broad part of land administration that calls for efficient and effective land administration. Electronic land transactions are part of that process of making it efficient to transact land matters. It is also part of what we had brought in the land policy that called for progressively removing or minimising human contact between the various users of land details because that is the best way to avoid corruption and fraud that are perpetuated in the land sector. The importance of the land information management system is critical for the safety and security of this country. It is critical for proper functioning of the banking industry because every person who deals in land is required to make sure that whatever information he gets is accurate. That is why an electronic land information management system is critical. When we drafted the Constitution of Kenya in various Articles, we came up with the National Land Commission that seems to be the apex of land administration and management in this country. Therefore, the roles of the NLC and the Ministry have been clearly stated in the various land laws. Therefore, the two must work in tandem to ensure that we deliver on the broad aspects of land reforms that we have yearned for many years in this country. Reviewing the specific Regulations at hand, the Committee made a decision to annul the same in respect of a few issues that we noted. Fundamentally, Article 256 of the Constitution requires that any regulations made by any regulatory-making authority - be it the Ministry or wherever it is - must be done in consultation with the NLC. When the Committee listened to the Cabinet Secretary and the technocrats, we were not convinced that there had been adequate 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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