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    "content": "watchtowers. The whole development that was meant to be decent has been distorted. As they do so, nobody is planning to give additional facilities. Water tanks that were meant to house and supply water to, probably, 500 households are now under pressure to provide water to 3,000 to 4,000 households. Then, crime set in. Security is run by criminal gangs and so is water. Everything is run by a mafia type of structure. Madam Temporary Speaker, I can assure you and this house that this Sessional Paper on National Slum Upgrading and Prevention Policy, that is parroting what was in the National Housing Policy that my distinguished colleague had a hand in preparing, and I want to suggest that it should be appended to this to see the parallels and how far we have gone since that National Housing Policy Paper--- The end of this Paper will be when you will say: “Will as many as of that opinion say ‘Aye.’ Everybody will say ‘Aye,’ and that will be the end of it. Nobody will look at or bother about it again. It is a ritual. The Council of County Governors (CoG) of Kenya has embarked on a dangerous path. I am reliably informed that in one of their meetings, they have decided to halt slum growth. You do not halt slum growth by making a decision, minute it and keep it away. You halt sum growth by action. We hear that street families and hawkers are being removed. It is one thing to remove the street families, but where are you taking them to? Are you removing them from town centres and dumping them on the periphery to create new informal settlements and, therefore, digging holes to fill holes; or are you taking street families from the streets and giving them proper planned settlements with facilities? Madam Temporary Speaker, as I speak on this slum issue, I am particularly very disappointed with some young Governor in your county called Gov. Mandago. Two years ago, this Governor, in a blatant disregard of the Constitution and the law, on the right of every Kenyan to reside anywhere and everywhere in this country, he selectively rounded up children whom he identified as Luhyas, put them in trucks and went to dump them in Busia. It is common knowledge. I even personally called him and told him that what he was doing was wrong, dangerous and unhelpful to this country. The same governor was at it again the past two weeks. He rounded up a new crop of children in Eldoret whom he identified as Luhyas and went and dumped them in Kitale. Then he rounded up hawkers whom he identified as Luhyas and went and dumped them in Kitale. I was in Kitale on Thursday last week and everybody was up in arms. The people that Mandago dumped in Kitale are now putting pressure on the governor to allocate them stalls and give them security. Where is the rule of law in this country? A person like that does not deserve to hold public office. He is violating the same Constitution he swore to defend, protect and uphold when taking oath of office and the Constitution he swore to defend provides for protection of every Kenyan regardless of their station in life. Everyone has a right to live anywhere and everywhere that they choose to live. Today, anyone of our Members here can choose to live where they were born or settle in Loiyangalani, Lodwar or anywhere. You can even go and settle in Bungoma and we will give you security and everything. You cannot solve the problems of congestion in 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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