{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=139436","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=139434","results":[{"id":1410761,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1410761/?format=json","text_counter":273,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. David Ochieng’","speaker_title":"The Temporary Chairman","speaker":null,"content":" Order. Hon. Nyamoko, what we have been discussing all this while was your amendment. That is a new clause and so, resume your seat. We will have time for that new clause. The further amendment is by Hon. Toroitich."},{"id":1410762,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1410762/?format=json","text_counter":274,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Marakwet West, Independent","speaker_title":"Hon. Timothy Kipchumba","speaker":null,"content":" Hon. Temporary Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 3 of the Bill be amended by— (a) deleting paragraph (b) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph: (b) deleting subsection (14) and substituting therefore the following new subsections— (14) (1) The Commission shall complete an investigation under subsection (10) within six months. (2) The Commission may submit to the National Assembly, a request to extend time for a period that does not exceed six months, where the Commission does not complete an investigation under paragraph (1). (3) The National Assembly may only approve a request under subsection (2) once. (15) The Commission shall, in consultation with the Cabinet Secretary, publish regulations to operationalize this section within six months of enacting this Act. The purpose of this amendment is that when a person has a claim of a historical land injustice, then that particular claim has a definite time in which investigations and hearings are conducted. I propose that a claim should be heard within a period of six months. If it is not completed, the Commission shall seek extension of time by six months. The period comes to one year under which a historical land claim can be heard, determined and disposed of by the NLC. The purpose is to limit the hearing of a claim of a historical land injustice to six months."},{"id":1410763,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1410763/?format=json","text_counter":275,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(Question of the amendment proposed)"},{"id":1410764,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1410764/?format=json","text_counter":276,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. David Ochieng’","speaker_title":"The Temporary Chairman","speaker":null,"content":" The Member for Emgwen."},{"id":1410765,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1410765/?format=json","text_counter":277,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Emgwen, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Josses Lelmengit","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I support the amendment as proposed by the Member for Marakwet West, Hon. Timothy Kipchumba. We should have definite time. I support the six months he has proposed and extension for another six months. I support the amendment because in Nandi County where I come from, we have historical land injustices. Up to date, we have never had a solution. We should shorten the period to six months. Someone can also apply for an extension by another six months."},{"id":1410766,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1410766/?format=json","text_counter":278,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. David Ochieng’","speaker_title":"The Temporary Chairman","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you. Hon. Mathenge."},{"id":1410767,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1410767/?format=json","text_counter":279,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Nyeri Town, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Duncan Mathenge","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I support that amendment. Sadly, issues of historical land injustices remain unresolved 60 years after Independence. In my constituency of Nyeri Town, the issues of people who were left in the colonial villages, despite being Mau Mau freedom fighters who were fighting for their land, has remained unresolved to date. Therefore, as a matter of expediting justice on historical land The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"},{"id":1410768,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1410768/?format=json","text_counter":280,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Nyeri Town, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Duncan Mathenge","speaker":null,"content":"injustices, it is important that we put a cap on the duration within which NLC must resolve those issues once any Kenyan has lodged a case. I support. Thank you."},{"id":1410769,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1410769/?format=json","text_counter":281,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. David Ochieng’","speaker_title":"The Temporary Chairman","speaker":null,"content":" Hon. Oundo."},{"id":1410770,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1410770/?format=json","text_counter":282,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Funyula, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Dr. Ojiambo Oundo","speaker":null,"content":" Hon. Temporary Chairman, I come from a school of thought that everything must have an end-point. It cannot just be an open cheque and an endless process where we litigate non-stop. Even election petitions, as emotive as they are, have timelines. Even the presidential one, which has so much public interest, has a timeline. I sincerely support the amendment that has been moved by the Member of Parliament for Marakwet West that once the National Land Commission seizes the matter, it must be required by law to conclude it within a certain period, however complex it is. There cannot be something so complex that it cannot be resolved in one year. This is a matter of record. There are witnesses. If they are dead witnesses, they are dead witnesses. There is nothing you can do. You cannot exhume their bodies, give them life to come and give evidence. They are dead. Within one year, you must have resolved the matter because we do not want to be held in circles like the Public Petitions Committee that has been unable to move. We need those timelines. I sincerely support and urge the Committee and the Majority side to accept that amendment so that we can put a cap."}]}