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    "id": 764982,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Rindikiri",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13315,
        "legal_name": "Mugambi Murwithania Rindikiri",
        "slug": "mugambi-murwithania-rindikiri-2"
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    "content": "means that we need to put more emphasis on those urban areas which are developing as district headquarters or sub-county headquarters in our constituencies. These are the focal points going forward. Therefore, we need to have a policy framework which targets these urban centres in our constituencies. For example, in my constituency we now have two district headquarters and they are not covered anywhere in the national Government framework. I have a district headquarters whose infrastructure is in a terrible mess. It is a health hazard. There is a slum that is ever growing large because of poor planning. Insecurity abounds and there is lack of proper infrastructure and other important facilities. It is high time we came up with an urban policy which would address our issues in the future. It is very important to realise that even at the county level their focus will not necessarily be on the mushrooming urban centres but on the county headquarters. Therefore, what we require now is to have a national outlook that in as much as they are addressing the county headquarters, we are addressing the constituency headquarters. It does not make sense when the national Government comes up and tells me: “Honourable Member of Parliament for Buuri, we have now been allocated two district headquarters and there is no infrastructure.” It beats the logic. So, I believe that going forward when we put this policy into action, we will now start touching up to the grassroots. Therefore, I support the adoption of the Sessional Paper as presented to this National Assembly."
}