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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Lands",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I would like to commend the Minister for a good job done. This is very innovative. It is one of the legislations or Bills that have come through a very innovative process. We have always believed that we run our cities and urban areas by having mayors and councillors. This Bill now is bringing a new framework for running the cities and urban areas. I just want to talk about two things. One is about the principles of management and governance of urban areas which has been set out on page 1665. I think every time we are talking about this Bill and when we create these urban areas and cities, they should read thoroughly these principles of governance and management, particularly where they refer to promotion of accountability to the county government and residents. They are not just running the city or urban areas for their own good or purposes, but for the good of the residents, particularly and promotion of accountability to the county governments and more importantly, efficient and effective service delivery. We have seen how our cities and urban areas have grown and the way they have been managed. I think it has been a major disaster. If you look at the Local Government Act, there are no such principles that guide these local authorities. The other thing has been that the urban areas and cities were left largely to the whims of the central authority and not even the Minister for Local Government. In the last 30 years, it was the Head of State who made many orders and directives which had nothing to do with running the city in a better way. The notion of having councillors run cities has not been good, but to divide land and all assets among themselves. This is a notion that will be killed by this particular Bill. I hope that we will not go back to those old bad days. Cities and urban areas are godsend centres of the populations of this century. Every country is seeing growth going to the urban areas. If they are not planned, if they were just left to grow without any kind of---"
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