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    "id": 764972,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Maore",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Richard Maore Maoka",
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    "content": "Hon Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to second the Motion. This is a very important Policy Paper. Note that we have nearly a third of our population living in urban areas. That is where we are focusing our development. By the year 2030, 50 per cent of our population will be in urban centers. We are talking of 35 million to 40 million people. If we do not plan for it, we will be planning to fail. Note that, in many of the developed countries, they plan well and emphasize on emphasis on urbanization and industrialization. When we focus on urbanisation and industrialisation simultaneously we move a step forward. By the time we are talking about urbanisation, we are talking of a serious new way of life, new infrastructure and a new culture. I know many of us had not envisaged that in 100 years Kajiado would be part of Nairobi and the Maasai lifestyle would be extinct because there was no planning for it. If we had, we would have introduced our inhabitants to certain adjustments about their lifestyles. However, now we have an opportunity. By passing this Policy Paper today, we are asking Government mechanisms and institutions to focus on how life will be in the next, say, 40 years when the majority of our population will not be living in the rural areas. I know urbanisation has been the citadel of civilizations all over the world, but here, about 30 years ago, we started focusing on rural development. In rural development, the emphasis is on clusters. Wherever people live, they should get all the amenities found in an urban area. However, in our land tenure system we do not have enough land. All the arable land should have been depopulated so that we grow enough food to feed the urban population. They need food, housing and water. With regard to infrastructure, we are inviting the Government planners to harmonize plans with our new county system so that we can have proper planning."
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