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    "id": 974959,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Dullo",
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        "legal_name": "Dullo Fatuma Adan",
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    "content": "Sen. Wetangula said this morning that the Majority Leader in the County Assembly of Bungoma is a woman and she is the only one in the whole country. So, tomorrow, you can also be the Speaker of the Senate or take over from Sen. Wetangula as a Senator. You will also represent women in the country just like the ladies that you are seeing here. However, that will only work if you work hard today. I welcome you to the Senate so that you can learn what we do. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I take this opportunity to support the Statement by Sen. (Dr.) Milgo which is long overdue. The Committee should seriously look into this matter. In most parts of the country policies are disregarded. Procedurally, policy should come before legislation. Unfortunately, we look at policies when legislations are done. So, we are starting from up going down instead of vice versa. That way, we are messing our counties. I will give an example of Isiolo County. I wish to tell the country that the Ministry of Lands is messing up land policy and legislation and something needs to be done. I saw that the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) petitioned the National Assembly and the Senate on land issues. Something needs to be done about what is happening in the Ministry and how they are handling land issues. For example, the land in Isiolo County is community land. However, the Cabinet Secretary (CS) colluded with the governor to use adjudication on community land without involving the communities. We have appealed to the Attorney-General and told him that it is illegal but he does not want to listen to us. Land is the only thing that we have as Kenyans and more so as people from Isiolo County because of the kind of life we lead. We have animals and we are pastoralists. So, if our land is adjudicated to Tom, Dick and Harry, we will not have anywhere to go. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support this Statement. I also wish that the Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources will look at this matter and summon the CS to the Committee of the Whole of this House."
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