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    "id": 603329,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. J.K. Ng'ang'a",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Nganga Kiuna",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I also want to support this Bill. As I do so, I have some reservations but I am supporting it in the sense that we shall define various boundaries and specific areas where we shall have specific developments and infrastructure. I hope from the outset we shall set aside public land, community land and private land. For public land, we should demarcate very clearly the boundaries of our forests, national parks and settlement areas. Why am I saying this? If these things are not looked into--- We have seen many people who are purporting to be developers encroaching on Government land in full collaboration with the relevant Ministries and Departments. They have been given the titles or the go-ahead to develop this land. It is very disappointing. You find that we have enacted many laws to regulate the development of various infrastructure, be it industrial, building and construction but you find that these laws have not been acted upon. They have not been used at all. The officers in charge to enforce these laws are well paid, but when it comes to implementing or executing the work they are paid for, they just close their eyes. No wonder if you go to any part of the country, especially the urban areas, you will find mushrooming slums, shopping centres and some skyrocketing buildings designed and built in some areas where they are not supposed to be constructed.Since the owners collaborated with those who are in charge to execute and protect those areas, they went ahead and built magnificent buildings, only to come and discover later on that that pieces of land were meant for some future development. Very good examples are areas that are reserved for our airlines at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) and Wilson Airport. We have seen very big buildings being demolished by the Kenya Airports Authority (KPA), which gave them consent to build. Are we trying to build our economy or to kill it? That is why I said that I support this Bill with some reservations. As we move ahead, we need to sit down and think about where we went wrong. I have heard many people saying that Kenya was very different in the 1960s. I have a feeling that the Kenya of 1960s we are talking about was not managed by the white man, but was planned by the white man. When the black man came, I do not know what happened. All those who were in the 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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