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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is true that traffic coming from Eastlands leads to a major clogging of traffic in the rest of Nairobi, but this is an opportunity and I would urge hon. Gakuya that from this Motion, he can develop a Bill. One would have hoped, and I am one of those who would have hoped, that one of the key problems that the County Government of Nairobi should have dealt with by now, is the issue of traffic congestion. It is a pity that up to now, with almost two years of a devolved Government, we are not seeing any improvement in the traffic management of Nairobi. We have been told of very grandiose plans, but grandiose plans remain just that. They are theoretical propositions that do not translate into affecting the daily lives of the people of Nairobi. We need to come together, both as the national Government and the County Government of Nairobi, to deal with this problem once and for all. I have seen that this Motion urges the Government to urgently acquire the land from the Railway Pensions Scheme for the expansion and modernisation of Jogoo and Landhies roads and the creation of the Central Business District Parking, a bus terminus, modernisation of the Wakulima Market, expansion of the railway terminus and the building of an overpass. These are very noble prepositions, but of course, the Railways Pensions Scheme belongs to its pensioners. I want to believe that any process of acquisition must duly consider the interests of those pensioners. Having said that, the biggest problem with our traffic situation in Kenya is the very haphazard manner in which we have been handling this problem. I appreciate that some of the interventions that have been made are aimed at looking at both sides of the divide namely, the investors as well as those who are using our roads and our public transport system. I happen to have had the privilege to have been in the last Parliament and the one tragic thing about our City of Nairobi is the fact that you have about 4 million people living in one place without a public transport system. The outstanding feature of any city in the world is the obvious visibility of a mass transport system. Anybody who lived in Nairobi in the early to late 90s when we had the Kenya Bus Service (KBS) and even the Nyayo Bus Service (NBS) transporting our people to and from work, would 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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