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    "id": 721993,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/721993/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Baiya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njoroge Baiya",
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    "content": "previous experiences show that as soon as the Government comes up with a policy aimed at improving the welfare of the urban poor, other stakeholders with vested interests intervene and take over the programmes, thus defeating the purpose of the slum prevention mechanisms. The aspect of enforcement should be looked into. A policy will only make sense if it is followed by an appropriate legal framework to ensure its full enforcement. An urban area like Nairobi now has a population of over 3 million people. The fact that we have not addressed the problems that slum dwellers face does not stop the city from attracting more people. If we were to address the slum emergence challenge effectively, we would be able to foresee more services and needs that need to be provided. The devolved governance system created by our new Constitution is a clear attempt to change the dynamics of development in Kenya, which tend to encourage everybody to migrate to crowded urban areas like Nairobi. Devolution seeks to ensure that development is spread across the country so that various regions can also become nucleus of development as opposed to just having the main cities. If we do not ingrain the culture of development within the devolved units, we will duplicate the same problems that we have in the city of Nairobi. This is an opportune time for introducing this kind of policy framework. It should be able to not only guide us on how to deal with the development mess in Nairobi but also on what should be done within our newly emerging urban centres to ensure that they develop in a planned and coordinated manner to avoid occurrence of urban slums. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
}