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    "content": "(o) a person nominated by an association representing the private sector in Kenya, as shall be determined by the Cabinet Secretary; (p) a person nominated by a registered body representing a national association of residents; (q) a person nominated by the National Council for Persons with Disability; and (r) any person co-opted by the Forum for that person’s special skills, interest and knowledge.” Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the main purpose of this institution as indicated in Clause 6 is to- “(a) provide a forum for consultation on the national physical development plan; (b) promote effective coordination and integration of physical development planning and sector planning; (c) advise on the mobilization of adequate resources for the preparation and implementation of physical development plans and strategies; and, (d) consider national security and advice on strategic physical development projects of national, inter-county, county, or transnational importance.” Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if there is a body that, by virtue of its composition, has a huge representation of county governments that we have ever passed in this House is this National Physical Planning Consultative Forum. This is because, if we have 47 County Executive Committee (CEC) Members seating there and the person in charge of the committee involved in matters of planning from the CoG; we have 48 persons, to start with, that are representing county governments. I have no doubt that this is one of the few national committees, forums, entities or institutions that we are approving that has the highest number of parties involved being county people. This is commendable. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the second thing is in relation to the National Land Commission (NLC). The NLC also has a responsibility as far as the physical planning is concerned. In line with Article 66 of the Constitution, their job is to monitor and oversight physical planning in Kenya. To give effect to the provisions of the Constitution, the NLC must oversight all those physical plans that are going to be prepared. The other roles of the NLC are to publish and publicise reports on the status of land use planning in Kenya, develop monitoring framework and formulate oversight parameters relating to physical planning and encourage the use of traditional dispute resolution mechanisms in land use and planning. These are very important issues. The NLC, as an institution, is extremely important in matters of planning, land use and particularly, protecting the interests of the public, especially as per the Constitution as far as public land is concerned. As such, they have a role to play, under the Act, to ensure that matters of land planning are achieved in the right manner. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the responsibility of the CS responsible for physical planning at the national Government, in line with the existing laws and the Constitution, shall be- 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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