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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Poghisio",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Losuron Poghisio",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is humanity. It is good to accept that we have different capacities. We have people who are street people, homeless, disabled and beggars. This is nature. We cannot become a city just because we do not have those particular ones. Most importantly, a city has to have a semblance of a gate, an entry and exit which is easy for people to come in. A city has to have, as it has been said, a sporting facility that Nakuru can have. Nakuru has land. It is big and has big farms and can expand very easily. We need this to become a standard for other cities that are going to be processed through this House. I hope that within a few years or months that we are still having this Senate here, we can deal with many more applications like this. It is one of those jobs that is specifically and uniquely given to this House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not want to take too long to speak about Nakuru. Let me speak about the Nakuru that is bigger than the city; the catchment area of Nakuru. Baringo is actually part of the catchment area of Nakuru. Many people from Baringo live in Nakuru. The people of Kericho come to Nakuru and the people down to Naivasha on this side go to Nakuru. There is a big catchment of this town called Nakuru. We have many people who are interested in doing business and farming in Nakuru. It is very easy there for this support to be raised. The kind of monies that need to be raised is going to be done easily. As I said before, presidents, Members of this House have got interests in Nakuru that they can support and raise the funds necessary to transform Nakuru to city status. When Nakuru Municipality achieves the city status, the governor of Nakuru County and the other leaders should put aside their political differences and instead work on how to build the City of Nakuru. Nakuru needs a major airport. For it to be a city, it needs an airport that meets the international standard. That airport should not be as small as the one that we see in Kitale. Nakuru has produce from the farms that needs to be taken directly to the market. I am sure that Sen. Kihika will take up this matter. It is my prayer that she will bring all leaders together and that includes the leaders from the greater Rift Valley. This is a city for Rift Valley and we will all be interested in it. We will support."
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