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    "id": 1278069,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I congratulate my brother, Hon. Phelix Odiwuor, alias Papa Jalas for bringing this Motion. The people of Nairobi have suffered for a long time. The people of Langata bear the burden of the whole City because everything is taken there. It takes a great leader to solve this problem. That is why I congratulate Papa Jalas for bringing this Motion to the House in an attempt to get a solution for Nairobi and not just for the people of Langata. God bless you for your kind thoughts. The issue of Langata Cemetery is about urban planning. For many years, this country has used land without proper planning. The colonial masters planned Nairobi City then, but after that, no one thought of urban planning. Things are just being set up all over. This is one of the greatest problems in this country. At one time, the Langata Residents Association came up with the idea of enforcing controls on buildings. They also suggested the zoning of that area. They even went to court about it. After that, we are seeing high-rise buildings coming up in Karen. Kilimani was a beautiful area to live in previously, but nowadays, everyone is putting up buildings everywhere. The problem is the lack of land planning. In the Ministry of Lands, we have a state department whose work is just physical and urban planning, but nothing is being done. During the previous regime, the department would be given a budget of about Ksh34 million for a whole year for land use planning. That amount is peanuts. Planning cannot be done with that amount of money. Hon. Odiwuor, I would like you to sit down with the Governor of Nairobi. We will call him to this House if he cannot sit down with you. This City belongs to all of us. Planning for this City and ensuring that it is properly governed is the responsibility of everyone, not just the people of Nairobi. We should ensure that land use planning is done properly and that people are given decent burials. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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