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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Thang’wa",
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    "content": "The Committee further sought responses for 36 Statements from Government agencies. Some of the responses have been received, but not considered and other responses are yet to be received. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Committee is undertaking an inquiry into the urban regeneration and renewal programme of the County Government of Nairobi City, which intends to demolish 13 estates majority of which are in Eastland’s area, Nairobi City County and redevelop the estates under the Affordable Housing Programme. The Committee is concerned about the manner in which the Nairobi City County Government is undertaking the programme. They are not carrying out meaningful participation by the residents of the targeted estates and the issuance of threats to the officials of the estates and residents’ associations, who have raised issues with the manner in which the programme was being carried out. It is more concerning that despite numerous invitations from the Governor of Nairobi City County to apprise the Committee of the programme, he has consistently failed to honour the invitations. He gives insufficient reasons for his non-appearance. The Committee will continue to pursue the matter to its conclusion. Again, we were supposed to meet today, but owing to the fact that we are here, we have deferred that meeting to the next sitting. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Committee received a Message for consideration jointly with the Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources. The Message was from Nyandarua County Assembly regarding a resolution, by the County Assembly, to petition the Senate, to consult with and initiate approval of the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA), the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA), the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) and the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) on the Ihithe-Aberdare Forest-Kahuruko-Ndunyu-Njeru Road construction and tarmacking project. The Joint Committee awaits the outcome of a report on comments on the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Environmental Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) study on the proposed construction of the road. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Committee’s attention was drawn to the high number of road accidents that claimed over 4,500 lives in 2022. As a result, the Committee engaged stakeholders both from the public and the private sector that are in road safety in an effort to forge a common plan of action, that will help reduce the high number of road fatalities. The engagement with more stakeholders will continue in the next reporting period."
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