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    "id": 775043,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Pareno",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Judith Ramaita Pareno",
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    "content": "so that you do not talk of a city without its attendant services. You cannot talk of a market, municipality or upgrading a certain region to a city or a municipality without providing the services that we require. An example is the Economic Processing Zones (EPZ); the economic zones that we have created, not only in this country, but in other countries in the East African Community (EAC). Look at the EPZ which is located in Kitengela, just by focussing, creating a zone and designating that zone as an area of development, in itself increases the population and services. At one point we visited this EPZ as the East African Legislative Assembly and this visit revealed that we have approximately 7,500 employees at any one day in that particular economic zone. So, if we create certain areas and zones and call them processing zones, market zones, a city or a municipality, the aim and intention is one; to create employment and take services to the people. However, as we do this, then we should have the necessary accompanying resources for us to have these cities or urban centres running. So, I think that this Bill is well intentioned because it is meant to devolve these services for citizens to improve their livelihoods. We can, therefore, improve on it and iron out a few areas here and there. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the issue of population, we cannot be complaining that our cities are overpopulated. We complain that we are crowded in Nairobi County, but we are afraid to create other cities or municipalities that will decongest this already congested area. We are so congested that we lack water. The little water that is there is not enough for us, and the services that are there are not enough for us. So, we should not shy away from creating such zones, markets and municipalities so that we decongest the services and the cities that are already congested. So, I think that the objective of this Bill is good and we only need to support it. There was a time for us in the Rift Valley when the nearest Provincial Headquarters where you would get certain services was in Nakuru. So, you would have to come all the way from Kajiado, cross over to Nairobi County and reach Nakuru for The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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