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    "id": 771182,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/771182/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Njagua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13283,
        "legal_name": "Charles Kanyi Njagua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to comment on this Bill. This Bill comes at the right time as we have just finished discussing the Building Surveyors Bill which goes hand in hand with the Physical Planning Bill. Kenya is developing at a very high rate. In fact, we are among the fast-developing economies. For this reason, we need comprehensive urban planning which will accommodate our Vision 2030. We also need to place our major towns on the global map by having international up-to-standard planning of roads, buildings and use of land in general. I represent Starehe Constituency and we have a lot of problems when it comes to planning of Nairobi City. In Ngara Ward, we have a case where the survey map of 1952 was altered by physical planners to remove a road called Jadongo Road, which serves the people of Ngara Market and Nyayo Market, to fit a private developer who has gone ahead to build a wall on top of a sewer line. This means that in the next two years, there will be a big problem knowing that the sewer line and the road have been blocked. The road serves the people of Ngara and Nyayo Market with over 2,000 traders. We tried to talk to the county government because good measures must be put in place. This is because physical planners are corrupt and they do not cooperate. We have been trying to talk to them to make sure that we revert to the survey map of 1952 so that we can have the road back and the people of Ngara Ward can continue using the road. The recent Physical Planning Act which was passed in this House in 2012 is operational but has made little achievement due to corruption. Physical planning departments in counties as well as in the Ministry of Lands in Nairobi are at their worst. This is the major reason for the constant cases of public land grabbing, growing slums and congestion in towns. 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."
}