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    "id": 1074664,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "you have to go through a very dark route to get to the public transport terminus. In trying to make the city beautiful and attractive, do not chase away matatu drivers and boda boda riders. Do not make it so difficult for citizens to get public transport easily. Counties must designate as many places as possible within the city where people can go to board matatus and go home in a dignified manner. Public transport should make all people feel very proud that they live in a particular county and city so that not everybody has to drive to the city. We are not preparing a city so that we can create a crowd of cars and vehicles in that city. We must make sure that public transport is attractive to the citizens of that county. Matatu owners and drivers should feel comfortable that they own the city. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the other issue that the Nakuru City County will have to deal with is the question of land rates. With city status coming, it means that there is a possibility of land rates going up. If the land rates go up, the question every citizen and hustler in Nakuru is asking is whether they will be able to pay 4 per cent in Nakuru for land rates. The county government of Nakuru must sit down with its county assembly to work on the legislation of the land rate of that county. They must consider the affordability of the rates they are going to put in place for the common mwananchi so that the city does not become a city of the rich, but a city of a common mwananchi. As a resident of Rift Valley region, though Elgeyo Marakwet is a little far from Nakuru County, it was not too far for me when I was getting myself a wife. As a resident of Rift Valley, we want to be very proud and join hands with Sen. Kihika and the leadership of Nakuru County in supporting the establishment of a city. The Senator for Nakuru County, Sen. Kihika, has raised a few concerns about the establishment of the city that she wanted dealt with. She has also been lobbying us to put our concerns above our personal interests and political competition and look at the future of Nakuru as a very attractive city in future."
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