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    "id": 765006,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/765006/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwalyo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13423,
        "legal_name": "Joshua Mbithi Mwalyo",
        "slug": "joshua-mbithi-mwalyo-2"
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    "content": "In this country, we need to plan for houses that are affordable to the low income earners, so that they can access them, rent them out or even build for themselves. This can only come if planning is proper. After we adopt this National Urban Development Policy in this House, it should be spread to the counties. You will find that a Member of the County Assembly (MCA) will grab land anywhere and put up a house where there was an access road to some other houses. MCAs are dishing those plots to their friends without minding what the future holds for the people who are behind the houses that are in the front. Therefore, we need proper planning going forward, so that we can have a country that is properly planned in the urban centres. We will continue to have young men coming to the city because this is where factories have been built, and there are jobs. Therefore, these people will keep on trickling to these cities. They will need somewhere to stay. We need proper planning because the population will keep on growing day in, day out. The Government needs to look into this. When we put this policy into place, it should be protected. The law should be enforced because sometimes it is not enforced. For example, in some place in my area, somebody put up a house where there is a road. You cannot access the school that is behind the town. The people who enforce policies should also be ready to enforce them."
}