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    "id": 781725,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/781725/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "You can imagine the number of people who live in Mathare, Kibra, Korogocho and other slum areas, people who can afford housing which will be built under this new housing scheme. At the cost of Ksh600,000 for what is called a studio or a one bedroom unit that will be sold for even Ksh1 million or a two bedroom unit going for Ksh2 million and you pay it over 20 years, that will be good. Today, they can only live in a slum area because that is where they are able to afford rent which is charged for housing in Nairobi. Therefore, we will be helping a lot of people with the enactment of this Bill and also creating order in the transport system within the metropolitan area. With that, you will notice in the Bill, they are also creating a council which will have the core mandate of developing a policy and set goals for the metropolitan area and determine the financial contribution of each county to the funds of the authority. The Bill creates a framework where it is not just money being appropriated from the national Government by the National Assembly but also the county assemblies and governments in the outlying districts of Machakos, Kiambu and Murang’a. They will contribute to this Fund that will enable us to create a seamless and efficient transport system. I have noticed the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing has just walked in but, I am happy to do what he should have been doing now. Therefore, other than the questions of just management of the transport system we are also looking at the development of what are called freeways. There is a freeway which will be constructed from Mombasa all the way to the city through Machakos, Kajiado and Kiambu counties and Naivasha in Nakuru County which will be done by an American company. It needs to be interconnected with urban transportation such that anybody living in Emali or Mtito Andei can get to this capital city through that highway and probably exist at Mavoko or Mlolongo and come to the Central Business District (CBD) through a bus rapid transit system, the mass transport system with high capacity buses. When we are able to build those roads, a farmer from Mtito Andei or far-flung areas of Ukambani will bring their produce to markets in Nairobi within a very short time. People from Western Kenya… I have seen proposals from the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA). We should get about 30 acres of land around Kikuyu, Sigona or Gitaru for a bus terminus, where we can terminate all public and private transport for somebody who has driven all the way from Kakamega. You do not need to come and struggle to get parking space within the CBD. You can park in Kikuyu where we will have a seamless connectivity to the CBD through the bus rapid transit system. Also through the light rail system which is in all other developed countries and a few of the developing counties in Africa like South Africa, you do not necessarily have to drive into the CBD. You are able to take a mass transport system through the mass commuter buses, from Kikuyu to Nairobi which will take you about 10 minutes, since it will use a dedicated bus lane in between the two highways. I hope that the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development and the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing will ensure that with the expansion of Waiyaki Way all the way to Rironi, and the construction of the over-pass from Waiyaki Way, ABC Place all the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}