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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Defence",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, and hon. Senators. It is good to be back home. These corridors were my home for 17-and-a-half years and every time I come back to Parliament, I feel as if I am back home. The Ministry of Defence was tasked with rehabilitation of the open spaces in both Uhuru and Central Parks of the County of Nairobi. This project began in March, 2022 and was jointly implemented with the Nairobi Metropolitan City Services then. It should be noted that the quality of the Park facilities then had become dilapidated over time to the point where they were no longer functioning and that became a security issue. Additionally, the monuments and the water features had been vandalized and stolen. This situation was exacerbated by the inadequate security, prompting the intervention by the national Government in March, 2022. The objective of this project was to restore the glory of the Uhuru Park and Central Park by first rehabilitating the green spaces, restoring the monuments, improving the infrastructure and enhancing security through the fencing and installation of visitors’ management system. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Senator for Nairobi sought from the Ministry of Defence two questions, and the first one was whether the renovation works at Uhuru Park in Nairobi City, which were being undertaken by our Ministry, were complete. Yes, the construction works at Uhuru Park are practically complete as per the contract. However, we have only few pending works, less than eight per cent, which we have agreed on and we are signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the County Government of Nairobi, so that they assure us that they will fix them in less than three weeks. Mr. Speaker, Sir, one of them is the water connection. We have done a borehole, but completing the water connection from the borehole to the water tanks is what is remaining. We have been asking the Governor of Nairobi and the County to complete that. The second one is that the drainage works at Central Park have been pending, and this is because we are waiting of the main drainage along Uhuru Highway to be The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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