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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, at Independence, the population of Nairobi was only 300,000 people. The population of Nairobi has since grown ten-folds but which new estates have been constructed? Zero! That explains the proliferation of slums in our cities. It is because the Government of the day refused to accept the realities of urbanisation. We also need to address the issue of land use in our country. In Europe, following the industrial revolution, they went for land consolidation. People moved away from small pieces of land. Those small pieces of land were consolidated and became big farms. So, farming became mechanised. Large-scale farming then set in. So, people either worked in industries and earned wages or became farm labourers and earned salaries. That is the direction we must go. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you go to the rural areas, you find that land is being abused, instead of being used properly. Places like Kisii and Maragoli are rural slums. In some parts of Kiambu and Meru, the land has been divided into small parcels that are very unproductive and uneconomical. We must wean our people from this attachment to small pieces of land, so that people can move and live collectively. That way, it becomes easier to provide services. We can then provide electricity, water and sanitation services to the people. Consolidating land is very important, instead of people insisting on having title deeds for half-acre or one-acre pieces of land. The current situation turns productive land into something that is not very productive. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if we take that direction, we will be able to conserve the environment better. We will grow more trees. We will be able to have rangelands. During the drought periods, the Maasai people move into town with their cattle in search of"
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