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    "id": 771179,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mutunga",
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        "id": 13495,
        "legal_name": "John Kanyuithia Mutunga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to the Physical Planning Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 34 of 2017). This Bill has come at the right time because physical planning basically provides for the special framework for economic activities. What has been happening in this country is that we have done things without necessarily looking at the future of the developments that will take place way after we are done. We plan land because land is a very scarce resource and land has different values based on where it is. This Bill has come up as an amendment to the Physical Planning Act of 1996. This Act was there and the developments have gone on irrespective of the law. This Act was there and the developments have gone on irrespective of it. This Act lacked considerably in terms of the issues that it captured and the provisions that it made. I am aware of some cities or towns in this country which have no provisions for industrial development land. Land has been taken up by other users and, therefore, those towns cannot grow into cities. They have been completely made incapable of growing. This is because the physical planning aspect of it has not been done properly. Physical planning has to be about the land user. Where we have cities, we normally look at where to put the Central Business District, the residential areas, the industrial areas, the social amenities and related or requisite infrastructure. In this particular Bill, there are provisions for various facilities to be put in place. Therefore, it goes further to clearly explain how the relationships between the national Government, the authorities that are being established and the county governments will work in order to bring about concerted planning. 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."
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