6 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to give notices of the following Motions:- 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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6 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Lands on Sirikwa Settlement Scheme, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 6th August 2015.
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25 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I wish to present the following public Petition by residents of Kajiado West Constituency, Kajiado County, on the inquiry into the compulsory acquisition of Land Reference No. Ngong/Ngong/1959.
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25 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
I, the undersigned, on behalf of residents of Kajiado West Constituency in Kajiado County, draw the attention of the House to the following:- 1. That, vide Gazette Notice No.890 of 1957, published pursuant to the provisions of the Native Lands Trust Ordinance, Cap. 100, Laws of Kenya (now repealed), on 5th March 1957, the Government vested approximately 1,510 acres of land to the Veterinary Department for purposes of developing a veterinary farm and a training centre; 2. That, the said Gazette Notice clearly indicated that the setting apart was for the benefit of the natives by reason of the use ...
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25 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
(i) Investigates the circumstances under which part of the above-mentioned community land, that was set aside for the Veterinary Department, was irregularly allocated to private owners and title deeds issued; (ii) The Petitioners urge the Government to compel the Veterinary Department to surrender the entire land back to the community for adjudication and re-distribution to its original owners in keeping with the provisions of Article 63 of the Constitution and the Land Act, 2012 regarding community land. Your Petitioners will ever pray. Thank you, very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker.
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17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion and I will try to be very brief.
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17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion and I will try to be very brief.
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17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
The Committee worked very hard to get the information which it has laid before this House. It appears that with the number of Ministry officials that this Committee invited, including the Cabinet Secretary (CS), to shed light on this land, I would consider it as hard as extracting the last tooth from someone’s mouth. It is unfortunate because as Kenyans, we have entrusted the Lands Registry and the Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development with the custodianship of all our documents. When this Committee was trying to interrogate, especially the CS and some of the land officers whose documents ...
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17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
The Committee worked very hard to get the information which it has laid before this House. It appears that with the number of Ministry officials that this Committee invited, including the Cabinet Secretary (CS), to shed light on this land, I would consider it as hard as extracting the last tooth from someone’s mouth. It is unfortunate because as Kenyans, we have entrusted the Lands Registry and the Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development with the custodianship of all our documents. When this Committee was trying to interrogate, especially the CS and some of the land officers whose documents ...
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17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
As my able Chairperson, Hon. Alex, has said there was a lacuna in information because the records were clear all the way to 1974 and then from 1974 to 2005, and from 2005 to 2014 all this information started to appear. In my own view, there was a well calculated move by the CS to obstruct any investigation into this land. I say that because when the officers appeared before us, they were reluctant to release any information that we required. That begs many questions if not one question. One would ask: What was the interest of the CS in ...
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