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    "id": 777820,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": " Thank you Madam Temporary Speaker. I want to thank the Hon. Members who made contributions to this Motion. This Policy document is laudable. I want to congratulate Prof. Kaimenyi, who was the Cabinet Secretary (CS) in the Ministry, for the work he did in so far as policy positions are concerned. This policy document is very important. It mirrors what devolution is all about; the fact that there must be consultation and co-operation between the National and county governments to solve this problem. The problem of slums and their prevention is very critical. In fact, what we should be dealing with now is slum prevention because we already have enough slums that we are trying to eradicate. The problem is that we are not doing enough to stop the mushrooming of new slums. The Policy provides for the person responsible for that. Sadly, county governments are sleeping on the job. If you go to many parts of Nairobi, new slums are coming up. I am told that it is usually collusion between unscrupulous business people and land brokers in town. Also, whenever there is infighting among some people, they get people from a slum area and move them to another slum area. They tell them to construct their structures. It is a shame because if you look at some places in Nairobi right now, it is a disaster. Therefore, there is urgent need for us to relook at the legal framework as the policy statement says. This is because the complexity as provided for in this policy between land ownership, persons who own the houses in the slums and the persons who are living in those houses, is making slum upgrading to become a complicated process. Sadly, we are told that when they started the slum upgrading programme in Kibera, those who were moved to the new houses preferred leasing out or selling them and then going back to the slum. This is because it is cheaper and better to make more money from selling the house and then go back to the previous life. I think we need to change this situation. 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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