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    "id": 783579,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyoro",
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        "legal_name": "Samson Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": "especially those who oppose it, I am very surprised, as my first point, that most of us are very ignorant about the geography of our country. I have heard many Members castigate the inclusion of Murang’a County in the counties that are in this Bill because, possibly, most of us think that it starts from Murang’a Town. I want to bring Members like Hon. Wamalwa and others to speed that Blue Post Hotel in Thika is in Murang’a County. Thika Greens Estate is also in Murang’a County. We have so many people who work in Nairobi. They travel all the way from Murang’a County to come and work in the great City of Nairobi. On proximity, the Leader of the Minority Party started the issue about Murang’a County. I want to tell you that the water that you drink in your estate comes from there. The reason why we get Nairobi water from Murang’a County explains the proximity in terms of the distance from where we are in the City to there. Therefore, the inclusion of Murang’a County is very much in order as we try to sort the transport issue in the City. Hon. Speaker, Nairobi, as many have said, contributes over 60 per cent of our GDP. Transport is very crucial in the output of this GDP, the same way industries are. This Bill proposes something on smart management of our transport system. We have concentrated so much on the modes of transport. For instance, we are building roads around the city, but we have not put much effort on the management of those means. I am sure that if there is a transport master plan for Nairobi City County, it was created before we had boda bodas as one of the major means of transport in the country and even within the City. Therefore, the authority will encompass all the means and modes of transport that we have currently."
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