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• 9 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am actually amused at the memory of the Leader of the Majority Party that goes all the way to 2007, but we thank God. Thus far, the Lord has been good. view
• 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. This ... view
• 9 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: The principal objective of the Land Laws (Amendment) Bill is to amend the laws relating to land to align them with the Constitution. The Bill will give effect to Article 67(2)(e) and Article 68(c)(i) of the Constitution and to provide for procedures on evictions and resettlement from lands. The Constitution says that Parliament should enact a Bill that will respond to those Articles. view
• 9 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: As Hon. Duale said, there are a lot of Acts that are not consistent. He has mentioned the Land Registration Act, the NLC Act and the Land Act, which were enacted as required for the 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. view
• 9 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: implementation of the Constitution. He was alluding to the fact that in the 10th Parliament, we passed these Acts which were intended to clarify the roles and mandates of the Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development and the NLC. The Bill proposes to rectify inconsistencies and overlaps of mandates in the land laws that have resulted in difficulties in the implementation of the Land Registration Act, the NLC Act and the Land Act. Hon. Duale mentioned that the proposals in those clauses seek to rectify all the inconsistencies, rectify them and remove overlapping of mandates. This House is aware ... view
• 9 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Secondly, the Bill proposes to amend the NLC Act in order to eliminate duplication of institutions at the county level. It provides the manner in which the NLC shall undertake investigation of historical land injustices complaints pursuant to Article 67(2)(e) of the Constitution. The Bill seeks to harmonise the mandate of the Commission with that of the Ministry. It seeks to guide the NLC structures all the way to the county level. It is true the NLC needs presence at the county level. Once this Bill is passed, instead of having the County Land Boards, the NLC can just have ... view
• 9 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Finally, the Bill proposes to amend the Land Act in order to harmonise it with the Constitution, eliminate overlaps and clarify the mandate of the Ministry and NLC. Right now, it is difficult to implement this Act. The Bill proposes to limit the mandate of the NLC to the management of public land on behalf of the national Government and county governments. It also seeks to limit the policy making powers and other powers of the NLC regarding allocation of public land. The Bill proposes the establishment of a board of trustees to manage the The electronic version of the ... view
• 9 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Settlement Scheme Fund. It also proposes a mode of prescribing minimum and maximum private land hoarding acreage pursuant to Article 68(c)(i) of the Constitution. Further, the Bill provides for the manner of undertaking eviction from private, community and public land. Land issues are very emotive in this country. This Bill seeks to put to rest some existing issues. The Constitution mandates the NLC to manage public land. On matters of policy and power, this Bill clarifies who should do what and who has powers. For instance, who has the power to sign title deeds? A number of issues have come ... view
• 9 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: In summary, this Bill tries to put some of those issues and conflicts to rest. As a Committee, we engaged a lot of stakeholders. They brought their proposed amendments, a majority of which we have carried. According to our Report, about 27 stakeholders presented memoranda to the Committee in terms of what they proposed to be amended. We had proposals from the Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives because they were the Ministries that were given the mandate to look into the question of maximum and minimum acreages. So, they presented ... view
• 9 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am actually amused at the memory of the Leader of the Majority Party that goes all the way to 2007, but we thank God. Thus far, the Lord has been good. view