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"speaker_name": "February 28, 2018 SENATE DEBATES 35 Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to contribute to this rather belated Motion for the adoption of Sessional Paper No. 2 of 2016. I happened to be Kenya’s Ambassador to the UN-Habitat and this Sessional Paper was meant to be in place to input to the new urban agenda which was with the world body organisation being held in Quito in October 2016. Therefore, this House ought to input in this slum upgrading and informal settlement of this county with the sole purpose of creating the new urban agenda and the new paradigm shift where the resources of this nation and the entire global system will contribute towards slum upgrading. A few statistics might help this House to understand what this slum upgrading is all about. When you take into consideration the percentage and the population of people living in slums in our cities, towns and urban areas, it is almost 5.3 million Kenyans. There is no county which is exempted from slums. Even some of the urban centres within the sub counties may also be having slums. If we embark on improving the livelihoods of 5.3 million Kenyans by 2020, then we need to put into place all the aspects of slum upgrading policies."
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