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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Dullo",
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        "legal_name": "Dullo Fatuma Adan",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I beg to move:- THAT, this House adopts Sessional Paper No.2 of 2016, on the National Slum Upgrading and Prevention Policy, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 10th October, 2017. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it has been a tradition in this country where normally, legislations are put in place before policy. I think policy should come first because it forms the basis of actually coming up with the legislation. What has been happening is that most of the Ministries come up with legislation and then go back to formulate policy. However, it is better practice for most of the policies to be developed first before the legislation. The issue of urban slum has been a very serious problem in this country and many other developing countries. You will find that these slums come up as a result of, for example, historically as a result of issues of insecurities, clannism and other socio- economic factors. That is why people come together and overcrowd in a place. I believe that there are so many international treaties and conventions on the issues of urban areas that need to be adopted for the purpose of ensuring we have proper and well planned cities. In this country, we have a Constitution that clearly upholds the rights of citizens in terms of socio-economic factors. Again, in terms of the right to housing which is a big problem, especially in slum areas. Having said that, this particular policy addresses those concerns and it will be a form of policy that we make sure that we have taken care of the issues that affect slums in our country. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are several attempts that have been made by the Government, especially in terms of improving slums in this country. In Nairobi County, for example, we have Mathare and Kibera slums. Most of these areas have been characterized by a lot of problems. Several attempts have been made by the Government and also other stakeholders to ensure that these people live a decent life. For example, there was the issue of low cost housing that the Government came up with. Unfortunately, it has not been progressed well because of so many challenges. The issues of lighting the slums especially by the Adopt-A-Light initiative which is owned by hon. Esther Passaris has assisted to reduce incidences of insecurity. People 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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