9 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
As you rightly put it, this Bill, from the outset, is a very huge Bill. I want to ask the Members of this House to, please, grab a copy of this Bill, which is very huge. It needs thorough reading, so that you can understand what each of the clause represents. It has about 109 clauses. As the Departmental Committee on Lands, we sat and invited various stakeholders. I just wish to give a brief summary. I will not take much time, so that Members can be aware of what they should be looking out for in this Bill.
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3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. From the outset, I want to state that after further consultation, I withdraw the amendment that I was about to move. Hon. Speaker, I agree with Hon. Chris Wamalwa on a number of items. It has been very difficult for us in the Committee on Lands to be brought figures and be told that the ceiling has already been suggested and forwarded and, therefore, it becomes impossible to do anything.
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3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you very much. Two weeks ago, Hon. Soipan tabled in this House the Report of the Committee on Implementation. She cited a number of resolutions of this House that needed to be followed up with the line Ministries and many of them had come from the Departmental Committee on Lands. One of the challenges that we continue to face, as a Committee, is that whenever we do a further follow up on a resolution of this House with the Ministry, they say that they do not have any allocation to follow it up. There is no need for a ...
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3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
Earlier this year, a number of constituencies were gazetted as districts. When the Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development officials appeared before the Committee, they indicated that no funds had been allocated to come up with new registries. For the last three years, our Committee has always recommended an additional funding for the National Land Commission (NLC). However, as soon as we do the recommendation, nothing happens and this makes our work very difficult. With those few remarks, I withdraw the amendment I intended to make this afternoon.
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2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to make a few contributions to this very important Bill. It is also good for me to mention that I am the Vice-Chair of the Departmental Committee on Lands and I am also a pastoralist. This is, therefore, a very important Bill not only to me, but to the community I represent here because we still have a number of community land parcels in Kajiado County. I would also like to thank the House Business Committee for bringing this Bill forward. In the last four months, it has been ...
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2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
The principal objective of the Community Land Bill 2015 is to provide for a legislative framework to give effect to Article 63 of the Constitution and provide for the four pillars that seek to recognise, protect and administer community land. With the four pillars, this Bill seeks to put to rest a lot of issues that the Members have been raising. As a Committee, we assure Members that we invited many stakeholders including the PPG caucus to bring amendments which we have since considered. I encourage Members to look at the proposed amendments that are before the Committee. We have ...
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2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
As I said, we also want to encourage Members to read the amended version, so that when we will finally be passing the law, all the concerns will be put in place. Again, I completely support this Bill. We have taken a lot of time to look at it. We look forward to it being a law that 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.
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2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
will put to rest the conflicts that come during resource sharing between the county governments and the community.
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2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, with that I support.
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11 Feb 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay six notices of motions on behalf of the Departmental Committee on Lands.
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