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"speaker_name": "Pokot South, JP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. David Pkosing",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for this opportunity to give this Statement to my colleague. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.44(2)(c), Hon. Leonard Brighton Yegon, requested for a Statement from the Chairperson, Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing, regarding the above matter, namely, demolition of Lunar Park, Nairobi. The Committee resolved to write to the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development and Public Works, vide a letter dated 2nd September 2020 to submit their written response on the matter raised in the Statement. In their response, vide the letter as indicated here, dated 29th September 2020, the Chief Administrative Secretary indicated that neither the Ministry nor any of its agencies were involved in the demolition of Lunar Park on 15th September 2020. We thought that that would not help the Member so, on 6th October 2020, the Committee wrote to Maj-Gen. Mohamed Abdallah Badi, Director General of Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS), vide a letter indicated here requesting for a response to the issue raised in the Statement. Indeed, he responded, and this is his Statement to Hon. Brighton Yegon. Hon. Leonard Brighton Yegon, MP, Konoin Constituency, sought a Statement from the Chairperson, Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing, on the following: (i) Explanation on the criteria used during compulsory acquisition and eviction of the people on developed land or where business premises exist. (ii) What steps were followed during the eviction and demolition of people’s properties in Lunar Park and other surrounding business premises, and whether valuations of properties were carried out before the eviction and demolition? (iii) What measures have been put in place to ensure that persons affected during the eviction and demolition in Lunar Park are compensated and when? Hon. Speaker, Maj-Gen. Badi responded as follows: The Government has plans to decongest traffic in Nairobi, improve travel time and flow of vehicles. As part of implementing this programme, Public Service Vehicles (PSVs) are being relocated from the current operational areas. One of the places identified to accommodate them is the Green Park terminus which is Lunar Park. 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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