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    "id": 3983,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/3983/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Chanzu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 11,
        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, this Motion is very important because even the issue which sometimes we do not want to talk about here, that is, the youth, women and so on--- Sometimes you meet people who look at very short-term gains in markets and insist that if you do not finish with them at that time, it is like life is coming to an end. If you told somebody that you have his Kshs100 and you want to keep it for him and by the end of the year, it will be more, they do not want to wait, because they do not see the benefit. However, if they can have access to information where they can see that if you keep money in a place, after about five years, it will be this much and you can buy this--- That information is lacking because people wake up in the morning, go to market places, come back and do not even have a place where they can go and access some information. Planning of towns and so on in this country is very pathetic. We are now suffering a lot of traffic jams because of poor planning. We did not look ten or 20 years ahead. We are using roads which were built by the mzungu when the population of Nairobi was very low. The other day, the Minister was trying to answer a Question on the expansion of Thika Road and the problem experienced where other roads join. If it was done with proper planning earlier on, maybe it would have been better to try to open up all these places first before doing a major road which now creates a lot of blockage. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have also had a problem with disaster in this country. Right now, it is raining and we can see the kind of disasters that are happening. Water is killing people. If we had information and planned well for this water, we would not be having these disasters. We would be using this water to generate electricity, irrigate our farms and so on. So, this Motion will help us a lot in disaster management. With regard to planning in smaller towns, it is becoming funny for people who use Kisumu Airport and move to town. I do not know whether Bonny has experienced this. There is traffic jam at Kondele because of poor planning. It is a small town and now it is becoming impossible to move. So, if you want to go to the airport, you cannot reach there on time."
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