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    "id": 768693,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Sessional Paper No. 6 of 2016 on the National Urban Development Policy, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, October 10th, 2017. This is a very important policy that is anchored in our new constitutional dispensation. Madam Temporary Speaker, you served in the Cabinet before and you remember there was a time that we had the Ministry of Nairobi Metropolitan Development which basically not only encompassed the management of Nairobi City but also the adjacent towns that have made Nairobi City County what it is. These towns are: Machakos in Machakos County, Kitengela in Kajiado County, Githurai in Kiambu County and even Thika Town. Management of urban areas is not an easy thing. It has also been complicated by the new boundaries that we demarcated after the promulgation of the new Constitution. The new Constitution – I do not know whether it is still new seven years down the line – is very clear that every county is an autonomous management unit. These autonomous management units have a responsibility of delivering on the functions that are in Schedule Four of the Constitution. That includes waste management, management of roads and issues that are related to the uniqueness of every county, whether it is a county that has farming, fishing, cultural attachment or tourism. All these are provided for in our Constitution; that it is the county governments that will perform the functions provided for in Schedule Four, Part II. Some of these functions are concurrent while some are exclusive. Sometimes we have a function like gambling, which happens in many cities. It is a function that is regulated by both county and national Governments. It falls within the purview of what is called concurrent functions. The Urban and Metropolitan Development Directorate at the national level came up with this National Urban Development Policy. This Policy has various important chapters. However, I need to hasten to say that although this Policy talks about various issues that need to be done to create a legal framework, it came after the establishment and passing by Parliament of the Urban Areas and Cities Act which already captures most of the issues that are being suggested here. However, there are other issues that still need to be discussed in so far as inter- county management of a city like ours where there is a connection between Nairobi County and Machakos County, being like a continuum of some sort. For example, many people think that the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) is in Nairobi County but it is in Machakos County. Some people tell you that they stay in Nairobi City County The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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