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    "id": 722009,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/722009/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) H.K. Njuguna",
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        "legal_name": "Humphrey Kimani Njuguna",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I would have wanted more time, but let me support the Motion and say that there is the realisation that we have slums in this country. For that reason, we are talking about upgrading the current slums and preventing more slums from coming up. Both of these issues are important. Why are we upgrading slums? Like the Chairman said, these are informal settlements. It is important to interrogate what we mean by “informal settlements” because it is now a social-economic right in our Constitution for every Kenyan to have decent housing. Slum dwellers do not have decent housing in the sense that they do not have any infrastructure, schools or hospitals. It means that they do not have housing. They live in informal settlements. In fact, it is not even informal because it is very degrading. If we can spend billions of shillings on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Mombasa to wherever, or the laptop project, it is also possible to upgrade slums. If not upgraded, they can be a source of crime and other evils. The Kyangombe Slum, for example, was on the flight path when it existed. Slums can be a big source of insecurity in this country."
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