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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. First, I salute the new tremendous industry coming from Sen. (Dr.) Milgo in her performance in the House. Thank you for bringing this very important Statement. Land use policy in this country does not lack legislation, policy and regulation. What it lacks is the goodwill to enforce the existing regulatory structure. The new Constitution 2010 clearly states that land must be seen as a tool of production. Planning is therefore very important if you want to use land for that purpose. However, we are in a country where nobody cares about what happens to land. In fact, we should not indict the counties because they have not been there for less than 20 years. It is the national Government that has messed up the land policy in this country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, many times in the National Assembly when I was a Member, policies and sessional papers were brought to the House clearly defining what we need to do with land planning and how to regulate the use of land. What we have seen is a total negation of what ought to be done. If you look at counties like Trans Nzoia, Uasin Gishu and Bungoma which are the bread baskets of this country, you will find that the level of fragmentation of agricultural land in those areas leads you to an inevitable conclusion that Kenya is headed to become a supermarket economy. Food production is dwindling by the day. Large farms that used to produce a lot of food have been fragmented to a level where they cannot produce anything. We have The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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