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    "id": 1074662,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I hope that the planning department will take seriously our recommendation on that regard and ensure that Nakuru has unique architectural designs besides having a properly planned city. The Senator for Nakuru County, Sen. Kihika, has been very vocal on the question of the challenges that will accompany the establishment of a city in Nakuru. First, we discussed the issue of street children. A country and a government is judged not by its army and might but by how it treats the poor and the marginalised. We want the county government of Nakuru to take seriously the recommendations of the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, particularly in dealing with the street children, homeless persons and street families. Those people are in the streets not by their own choice. They have been condemned by poverty to be in the streets. They should not be punished more. It should be the responsibility of the county to put resources to ensure that that city protects its most vulnerable in the society. Mr. Speaker, Sir, that county must deal with the question of transport. Sen. Kihika has been very vocal on this matter. I have seen this in Eldoret and other towns where public transport is condemned to some dark dingy corner so that when you want to get a"
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