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    "id": 1011399,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Faki",
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        "id": 13211,
        "legal_name": "Mohamed Faki Mwinyihaji",
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    "content": "FURTHER AWARE that on 26th May, 2020, the Senate referred the Railway City Development Authority Order, 2020 to the Sessional Committee on Delegated Legislation; AWARE that the purpose of the State Corporation proposed in the Order is to provide for the coordinated planning, management, development and use of the Nairobi Railway Central Station and the surrounding land which has been designated as a special planning area; ACKNOWLEDGING that the Regulations touch on existing land rights, particularly with regard to the Kenya Railways Corporation, Kenya Railways Pension Scheme and private land owners in the designated area; NOTING that due to the gravity of the impact of the Regulations, the Committee met with the Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development and Public Works on Wednesday, 29th July, 2020 and the National Land Commission on 5th August and 16th September, 2020 and further invited the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning to appear before it on Wednesday, 30th September, 2020; NOTING that the Committee directed the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning to provide clarity on the ownership of the land in the area defined under paragraph 2 of the Order which is defined as “ all the land measuring one hundredand seventy-two hectares consisting of the Nairobi Central Railway Station and thesurrounding land” and to submit supporting documentation on the same; FURTHER NOTING that the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning requested for more time until 13th October, 2020 to furnish the Committee with the requisite information and that this information is vital to the consideration of the Order; APPRECIATING that under section 15(2) of the Statutory Instruments Act, 2013, the Committee is required to make a report within twenty-eight sitting days after the date of referral of the instrument by the Senate, or such other period as the Senate may, by Resolution, approve; NOTING that with regard to the Railway City Development Authority Order, 2020, the twenty-eight sitting days lapse on 7th October, 2020; NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to section 15(2) of the Statutory Instruments Act, 2013, the Senate resolves to extend the timelines for the consideration of the Railway City Development Authority Order, 2020 by a further period of twenty- one days to enable the Committee to scrutinize the submissions from the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning with regard to land rights in the area designated under the Railway City Development Authority Order, 2020 and to conclude its consideration of the Order."
}