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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Were",
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        "legal_name": "Petronila Were Lokorio",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to second the Motion. This policy will be important to assist people in the slums where most politicians actually go to get their votes. The policy is enticing because we will upgrade what is there and prevent further mushrooming of these slums. The policy will also help deal with slums not just in big cities like Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu. We have noticed that these slums are not just coming up because of rural-urban migration but are also coming up in satellite towns like Kakamega, Busia and other small towns. This will go a long way in helping the slums that exist and prevent the mushrooming of others. It will also help improve security in the slums. We know that some criminals commit crimes elsewhere and go to hide in those slums because they are not easily accessible by security agencies. Therefore, even roads and other infrastructure will be built in those slums once the policy and the necessary legislative framework are put in place, to assist in slum upgrading. The policy also talks about land ownership in those slums. The slum dwellers are very much prone to abuse and extortion by the so-called absentee landlords. Therefore, once that tenure is also well defined in the policy and the subsequent laws, we will see an improvement and some form of pride amongst slum dwellers. We have so many slums that we are even proud that they have become tourist attractions, which a very unfortunate fact. With those few remarks, I second."
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