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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it will be an obligation of the national Government to create and put in place adequate infrastructure that would be necessary to meet the obligation of realizing economic and social rights. The national Government will be told that they must put in place infrastructure. They must go into debt or borrowing or investment or whatever they need to do, but they must put the infrastructure to address the problems of our people. Even if it means ceding some land because in Nairobi, for example, some of the people are living in very big areas. Somebody lives alone in five acres of land. Five acres! Alone! Since the land is so big, that person is so insecure. Somebody else lives on ten acres in this same Nairobi where people are crowded; ten people living within a small area of occupation. This Bill will force governments both at the national and county levels to think about these things and to see whether there can be reallocation of land. They should purchase the land from those people who do not need it, reorganize settlements and plan for the people who are at the portal. Let us be called socialists, but we are thinking about our people. The obligations of the national Government are great because they include having a proper campaign to sensitize citizens on their obligations and duty to ensure that, the rights of other citizens are not infringed. The national Government and county governments have been given serious responsibilities that will help towards making these rights a reality. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, a commission is proposed that will help in terms of the monitoring and evaluation. This commission will help us in getting real results from all the beautiful ideas that have been proposed. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in part four of this Bill, it will be compulsory for county governments to have strategic plans that will address these problems. Each county will have to deal with programmes that are specifically targeted at moving people from the bottom. If they are there, make them live in a decent and dignified manner. This Bill needs a lot of thinking, planning and input. I am grateful to the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights for the work they have put in this Bill. We are willing to absorb and look at every idea that will come. However, somebody must start the train. If we are amending this Bill, let us do so as we go. We must get going. There must be an effort to start the movement towards helping our people to live a dignified and decent life. This Bill is the first attempt. So, I leave it there. I call upon my colleagues those who are listening to me over the broadcast, physically and virtually, to support this Bill be bipartisan about this. Poverty and challenges are on both sides. These ideas can be improved. We will be welcoming any ideas that comes from the Majority or Minority sides because this Bill is about our people. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that this Bill be read a Second Time. I invite the Senate Majority Leader, Hon. Sen. Cheruiyot, to second."
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