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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 54 of the Bill be amended in sub-clause (1) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (f)— (fa) national security in respect of land adjoining or within reasonable vicinity of safeguarding areas; This is an amendment that takes care of national security. It seeks to ensure that the relevant authorities must consider national security in respect of any land which is adjoining or close to any security installation by safeguarding those areas when considering an application for development. It is very simple. Today, for those areas around Wilson Airport, the number of floors one can build is regulated. So, if one is building or developing a property around the defence headquarters, the application of that development must be restricted to how close to that installation one can build. The defence headquarters, the national intelligence headquarters, the airports, the air force headquarters and all such are national security areas. How close to security installations can a private developer develop? That is the essence of this amendment. It will help us so that nobody encroaches or goes closer to build around these areas. I will give a good example. In 2014, my security guard was shot in one of the estates near the air force fence at Eastleigh. There is a big slum near that fence. That criminal just ran to that adjacent mushrooming slum near the airbase. This is best practice. Even in the US, those of us who have gone to Washington have seen the distance given to installations like the Pentagon which is the defence headquarters. This is just to make sure that we safeguard our national security installations. This amendment gives powers to those who are to approve certain applications for development to be cognisant of the security of the nation. It is national security."
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