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    "id": 769103,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity. First, I would like to respond to something that Sen. Mwaura mentioned about the Physical Planning Bill. The reason we challenge the Physical Planning Bill is because the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development developed a Physical Planning Bill which was contrary to the Land Policy signed by the then Minister in charge, Hon. James Orengo, now Senator. That Policy required that we prepare something called the Land Use Planning Bill. I challenge that Bill because it is taking us back prior to 2010. Prior to 2010, the Physical Planning Act has been used by the Government and some functionaries as the excuse to grab land in unplanned areas. That Bill was attempting to create a structure and a monster with a ‘director of physical planning’ which is the reason why the Land Use Planning Bill was proposed. Lastly, Madam Temporary Speaker, the function of planning, what is called ‘physical planning’ – but the Constitution contemplates ‘land use planning’ under Article 76 – was now being taken back to the national Government and yet the Constitution thought otherwise. So, this Policy is actually late to the extent that I am not sure when we will finally pass it; whether we are going start demolishing the illegally constructed buildings, sky scrapers in city estates; the diversion of rivers in Nairobi so that people can have supermarkets and shopping malls along the river or the buildings on riparian land. What are we going to do? I have read this document and it does not acknowledge that somebody sitting in City Hall has approved what would be an illegality, because people have built all the way on riparian land. The Senate Minority Leader spoke about people building next to roads. Nobody is talking about people who have built city estates; investments worth billions of dollars over rivers; Kirichwa River is one of them. Madam Temporary Speaker, while I was reading this, I came across something called ‘disaster management’. I have proposed a Bill – which will soon be published – called the Disaster Management Bill. Since Independence, Kenya, as a nation, does not The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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