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    "id": 771167,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/771167/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Muthama",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Stanley Muiruri Muthama",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise to support this Bill. After devolution, we are seeing towns coming up in most counties. For example, in Lamu where the national Government is putting up massive infrastructural projects. So, physical planning enables us to know where to put what and what comes first. Giving county governments the power to plan and work in conjunction with the national Government will go a long way in solving the challenges that lie ahead. In towns like Bombolulu, you will wonder at the structures that are coming up which are never planned. If we do not enact such laws or such a Bill, in the near future, 10 to 20 years to come, we will see towns like Lamu and any other of that kind with similar challenges coming up. So, this Bill is timely and should go through. I should cite an incident that happened in 2015 and 2016 where the State wanted to put up a defence college or a barracks in Lamu for purposes of security of that area. It became so difficult because we do not have such laws in our Constitution. So, this Bill is important and it will go further in solving the challenges so that we can also be like other nations in Europe and Asia where they plan their towns early. So, I support this Bill."
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