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    "id": 768725,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13219,
        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Speaker. Right from the onset, this is one area where I am fully in agreement with the Senate Majority Leader. Fully! In seconding this Motion on the National Urban Development Policy, this is one area where this country really needs to put a lot of effort to ensure that we catch up with the countries where the Senate Majority Leader went to study. I have listened to the Senate Majority Leader give examples of the problems that face the city of Nairobi, but I want to state that even from our own counties where we come from, we have serious challenges. You cannot believe that in Nyamira Town, in the county where I come from, we do not even have a sewage system. When you walk around or want to park your car, you will not get the slots for people with disabilities. However, many of our governors have never come to the realization that in planning our towns in our counties, we need to take care of these very special categories of people who have some disability. Therefore, this is a very noble idea. It is something that this House should take seriously. I heard somebody say that at one time – late 1960s or early 1970s – Malaysia was given a grant by the late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta. If you go to Malaysia now you will be surprised by the planning of that country. You will not believe that there was a time when we were almost at the same level. This is one area where the leaders who have been before us failed to be proactive and ensure that we do proper planning for our cities. I usually travel to my county of Nyamira through Narok County. Anytime there are blessings of rainfall in Narok, you are not sure whether you will cross over to Nyamira. Last week we were forced to seek alternative means of travelling to Kisii because there were floods in Narok. Anytime there are floods you cannot cross that beautiful town called Narok. Why is this so? It is because the people who planned that town made a provision of just one street. People who have no business in that town must cross the middle of the town, where there are banks and supermarkets. If we had proper planning, if I want to cross Narok and go to Kisii, we would do what I saw in the United States of America. If you are going to Washington DC from New York, there are some cities you do not need to drive through. You will get a bypass, drive outside the city and proceed on. This is what The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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