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    "id": 771161,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kioni",
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ng'ayu Kioni",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for this opportunity to talk on the Physical Planning Bill. I sat through when Members were debating the Building Surveyors Bill and I heard the reservations that some Members from some given professions have. It made me recall the difficulties we had during the 10th Parliament when we were trying to get physical planners out of the shadows of the architects. I heard the same sentiments, where the architects were asking whether physical planners have the capacity to work alone without being supervised by architects. This afternoon, we were treated to a similar debate, where I heard some Members wondering whether the new profession, which is not new, has qualified professionals. Some of the Members seated in this House have gone through that training. So, when Members stood and started wondering whether these are Form Four dropouts, it tells you how much we must make sure that we update ourselves with what we are debating because at times we can be accused of many other things. I say this because the Physical Planning Bill is still going further. We first of all made sure that physical planning is a profession. I know people from the University of Nairobi and other universities who leave with degrees, including PhDs, in this field. To see that now we are even improving on the Physical Planning Act that was passed in 1996 means that this profession is doing well. It also means that the fears that were there in the 10th Parliament should be used to help us make sure that we do not become fearful going into the future. When we talk of building surveyors, we are talking of creating opportunities for people to do many other things. And you cannot do everything alone. This Bill is very useful. Today on our television stations and most of the vernacular radio stations, you will hardly go for an hour without hearing of a land-buying company that has decided to subdivide land, sometimes very, very arable land. In a short while, when you go there, it is a concrete jungle. Without knowing, we are moving to a situation where we are more interested with the short-term monetary gains and not concerned about the future generations and how it will be like long after we are gone. This Bill addresses those kinds of issues. It helps us to even control our greed. If that is not done, then we will have a problem with the way we would want to use our land going forward."
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