Senator Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot

All parliamentary appearances

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• 31 Jul 2024 in Senate: This is an extremely important matter despite the fact that it is one of the shortest Bills that I have ever introduced in this House. However, it serves an interesting purpose, The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate. view
• 31 Jul 2024 in Senate: where we are seeking to secure public land for public institutions and ensuring that after a search is done, we provide the legal mechanism for the titling of such land. As it is today, many public institutions continue to lose land that has been set aside for them because of vague provisions of the law on the titling process of such parcels of land, hence, The Land (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bills No.40 of 2022) was published in the Kenya Gazette Supplement No.165 of 2022 on 28th October, 2022. This Bill was considered and passed by the National Assembly and ... view
• 31 Jul 2024 in Senate: So, the keyword operating principle in this Bill is public land, public institution and for public purpose. Therefore, it is a sacred move. We all know of public institutions that up to date, continue to lose land on account of either poor titling or lack of legislative intervention on our part to ensure that after a donation, allocation or even setting aside of public land to an institution has been made, it is titled in the name of that public institution. view
• 31 Jul 2024 in Senate: Kenyan's obsession with land is legendary. Therefore, there is need to ensure that our public institutions have their land firmly secured by ensuring that the title deed is registered in their name every time that land is set aside. Many urban spaces here in Nairobi were once public land that was set aside, either for playgrounds or social amenities. However, today, they cannot be traced. In my honest estimation, 70 to 80 per cent of that land today cannot be traced for the public purpose it was meant for. I have no strong data to back that up. However, it ... view
• 31 Jul 2024 in Senate: For the simple reason that we did not have this provision, it provided a ripe environment for marauding public land fraudsters to change the title deeds of those lands. They would thereafter own the land and do developments that were not meant for public good. We have many examples. In the last Parliament, we had a petition from Nairobi Water Services and Sewerage Company (NWSC), where staff houses belonging to that institution, a contractor showed up on site with a group of young men as is normally the case, demolished them in the dead of the night and quickly within ... view
• 31 Jul 2024 in Senate: This is part of what we were discussing a few minutes ago. Sometimes our judges also choose to be mechanical. They just ask for a title deed from that public institution. Despite the fact that there could be letters of allocation and minutes of the council’s meeting that provided the setting aside of that parcel of land for public use; many times in the absence of a title deed, public institutions have lost land to fraudsters. That is what we are seeking to address in this Bill. Currently, public land and land set aside for public purposes by land-buying companies ... view
• 31 Jul 2024 in Senate: You know the issues even around our primary schools, especially in areas where land is of high value, including urban towns like Nairobi and many other cities, public institutions continue to lose land because of the lack of legal provisions to do that. Therefore, the issuance of legal certificates to these public institutions will be crucial towards curbing unauthorized land grabbing and illegal occupation. Occupation is a big issue. You remember late last year or early this year, there was an issue around Mavoko and Athi River. Many of those public lands, including that of East African Portland Cement (EAPC) ... view
• 31 Jul 2024 in Senate: Yesterday I saw something in the news on NSSF land. They have become even more advanced to the point that they even involve the police to provide security to that particular parcel of land. They are enticed by being told to help themselves out as well. Together, they team up with fraudsters and the public loses land. view
• 31 Jul 2024 in Senate: Furthermore, when you establish a system where land certificates are issued to public institutions once the land is owned, we enhance the legitimacy of land transactions involving public land. Ultimately, the proposed Bill will not only protect the integrity of public land, but also pave the way for responsible utilization of lease lands for the benefit of society as a whole. For example, in a land that has been registered to a school, it will be impossible for somebody to cheekily register some quasi-public institution, as is normally the case. view
• 31 Jul 2024 in Senate: Normally, people begin something like a church or other institutions that appear to be benefiting the public, but actually are used for private benefit. Once you register this title in the name of a public institution, it becomes impossible for somebody to go ahead and use that particular land for any purpose other than what it was meant to achieve, hence, the importance of this Bill. To the specifics of this Bill, Clause 1 is simply about the title of the Land (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bills No.40 of 2022). Clause 2 provides for the amendment of Section 2 of ... view