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    "id": 771148,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/771148/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Murugara",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13491,
        "legal_name": "George Gitonga Murugara",
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    "content": "Thank you Hon. Speaker. I rise to second the Physical Planning Bill which possibly later will become the Physical Planning Act of 2017. It has been brought to the House pursuant to the provisions of Article 66(1) of the Constitution. It is important to point out that in order to bring our Constitution into effect, this House has from time to time passed laws that are provided for in the Constitution so that there is meaning in whatever each Article provides. It is for that purpose that Article 66(2) of the Constitution provides that this House will legislate relevant laws to bring into effect the provisions of Article 66(1). That is the reason we have the Physical Planning Bill before us today for debate and enactment. It is for us to bring that Article of the Constitution into force. It is very important to note that this Bill repeals the old Physical Planning Act of 1996, which to a great extent, was urbanised. It mostly dealt with urban land and left the rural areas to haphazard planning. This Bill seeks to address both the urban and rural areas. It is my sincere hope that upon its enactment into law, we may actually even have agricultural land being planned so that we are back to the old colonial times when agricultural land used to be planned just like urban lands. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}