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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to make a few comments on the Statement that has been brought by my colleague, Sen. Outa. Nobody is in dispute of the fact the Kisumu should be developed. That is the desire of everybody, not only people from that region, but all over this nation, because want to be seen to be progressing. Nairobi has come a long way. Even in Nairobi, we used to have the traders all over the streets. During the time of Mr. Gakuo, he is the one who cleaned up Nairobi. However, the way it was done, he was not bringing down buildings. The people who Mr. Gakuo fought to remove from the Central Business District (CBD) of Nairobi were people who were coming and doing business in the city center on the streets. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the state in Kisumu is very unfortunate, because for years, these people have been given the opportunity to be where they were. If the governor or the county government of Kisumu wants to clean Kisumu and make it look like any other city in the world, it is okay. However, what do you do with the people that have been there, who have been eating from their small businesses? The problem I have with that is the way it is being done. In fact, the most important thing the county government should have done, first of all, was to find a temporary place and place people and then move them step by step. You can decide to move people from this Chamber, do it properly and then move people back, but not just waking up from nowhere. Whether they were given a notice or not given, it is unfortunate. It is very unfair. It is being done at the wrong time. When we were in Kisumu over the weekend, many demolitions were done, which is very unfortunate. In fact, I was even afraid to go and approach the people. This is because they can even stone you. These are people who live hand to hand. If they do not trade for a day, it means that that day they cannot eat. Such people, if you have to resettle them, you have to be careful on how you do it. Nobody can just come in my domain and throw me out. It is not good. It is not acceptable. The way it is being done, is wrong. It is inhumane. People must be treated properly. When governments are put in place, they are put in place to make their people better, to improve the lives of their people, but you cannot put a government in place to come and destroy you. It means that you do not need that government. Therefore, the county government of Kisumu is doing the wrong thing; the way they are doing resettlement and demolition of structures. Yes, structures must be demolished, but the way they are doing it, is wrong. It is inhumane and something has to be done. If it is left this for another one year---"
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