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    "id": 1025729,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kasarani, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Mercy Wanjiku",
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        "legal_name": "Mercy Wanjiku Gakuya",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Report of the Committee on riparian land. I want to state that this has been a big issue in Nairobi County. If we do not have proper laws that safeguard any improvement that is done within the county, then people tend to do their own things. I am a host of the largest and the only sewer plant in the capital city of Kenya in Ruai. Along the Nairobi River all the way to Ruai, there is a lot of encroachment. I am not sure about the action to be taken on those people who have built there. There should be a law to safeguard any further development. It is quite painful that people spend their resources to develop but after a change of guard, new rules are put in place and whatever was there is null and void. It is one thing to have a good document and another one for it to be implemented. We must ensure that whatever is on paper is implemented. We have good policies but they do not work. In the case for Ruai Sewer, we do not benefit much as a constituency. If proper guidelines had been followed in those areas, then we would not have encroachment. In my constituency, we have two challenges; there is a lot of encroachment and it will be a big loss. I want to request the Committee to move with speed because more encroachment within the stadium is ongoing under the watch of the administration. We need action and find out 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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