Sammy Mwaita

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: I know that a number of Members have contributed to this Bill because it touches on land. This is supposed to have replaced the former trust land that was held in trust by the former local authorities like county councils, urban councils, municipalities and city councils. They used to own land on behalf of the community. They do not own land but they hold it on behalf of the community. So, this Bill is supposed to create and define the role of the communities. Community land is private land to the community for use by the communities, especially in areas ... view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: This Bill is timely. It will safeguard ownership, particularly in pastoral areas. Most of Kenyans have not been registered where they have private titles. When this law is enacted, it will define how land can be acquired in those areas. The counties should be able to safeguard the interest of the communities. They should not just decide to give land to investors. I listened keenly yesterday and the previous day as Members contributed to this Bill. Some Members said that certain counties have advertised land for investors to come and take thousands of acres. They are not supposed to set ... view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: For the last few years, counties have been saying that they want to give land to certain investors. Investors need big tracts of land like 1,000 or 2,000 acres. We heard what happened in Machakos County. This should not be the case. We should quickly enact this law so that when counties want to set aside land, they should follow the procedure that will be established, especially the regulations arising from this Bill. This Bill is timely as it sets aside areas for grazing and other public utilities. The conflicts that arise out of water points and grazing land will ... view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: The role of the National Land Commission (NLC) will come in when need arises to acquire some land to be used in the public interest, in which case they will have to adhere to the provisions of the Land Act that we enacted in 2012. Land for such use should be acquired using the normal acquisition process. Since the land belongs to the community, it will never be available for use unless the community agrees. view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I beg to support. view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, counties had better move quickly to set up county land committees under the NLC so that each county can operationalise this law on land use. Certain communities might want to do subdivision so that they can give individual land titles. That can happen. It will only be done when the county national land committees have been set up. Before 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
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: then, this should not be allowed. As I said earlier, counties should not be allowed to utilise community land, thinking that it is available for public use. view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: As I said earlier, community land is private to the communities living there. Prior to the enactment of the Constitution of Kenya 2010, there was the Group Representatives Act, which used to govern the use and subdivision of group ranches. There were many group ranches in this country, particularly in ASAL areas. That will all be collapsed under this Bill and communities will live happily thereafter. Let me urge the Members of this House to quickly enact this Bill into law so that it can be operationalised as soon as possible. This is one of those laws which should have ... view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: The Bill is timely. I support it. It will take care of fragile ecosystems, water bodies and even forests because there are other forests which are national forests. There are forests which used to be trust land forests. For example, in Baringo County, where I come from, most of the forests are not national Government forest. They are under the Kenya Forest Service. They are under the county. So, when this law is enacted, it will define how community forests will be managed for the benefit of the community. If there are resources, trees, plantations and even traditional medicine from ... view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: For example, in my county we have sandalwood which is a very important natural tree found in Baringo and most of the semi-arid areas. When it is exported especially to China it is used to extract high value perfumes. Unfortunately, it has been exploited by businessmen. They cheat youth to cut these trees wantonly and then export them. When this law comes into operation such an important resource like sandalwood from Baringo will be used prudently for the benefit of the people of Baringo. So, I support this Bill and it should be enacted like yesterday so that the various ... view