Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 667576,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/667576/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 40,
    "type": "other",
    "speaker_name": "",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": "on. There are new roads, pavements and all manner of things that are improving the lives of people and the value of real estate there. For a long time, the southern end of Nairobi has suffered serious neglect to the extent that if you go to a town like Ongata Rongai which is literally a city right now, it is blossoming as a slum and the same thing is happening in Ngong and Kitengela towns. However, nobody has made any effort to do proper planning or even put up infrastructure. You can imagine Ongata Rongai with a population of close to half a million people does not even have a sewer. It has nothing. I would want this Senate to go beyond rhetorical findings and obligate the national Government with trillion of shillings left at the centre in the Budget, to be used to improve the planning processes, the physical infrastructure, but not limited to water, electricity, roads, streets, alleys and proper housing. The other day I heard one Senator – I think it was Sen. (Prof.) Anyang'-Nyong'o – saying that Kajiado, Kitengela, Ruiru and Kiambu are bedrooms of Nairobi. People who work in Nairobi go to sleep in these places. So, they should live and sleep in decent bedrooms, so to speak. As I congratulate Sen. Mositet, I urge that this is arguably one of the best issues that he has brought to this Floor. We will give it full support to ensure that what we are seeing developing towards Kiambu and Thika can also be developed towards Kajiado, Ngong and other parts of the country. We must desist from flawed and biased development in this country so that we develop each part of the country with equity and the interest of the nation at heart."
}