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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Halake",
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        "legal_name": "Abshiro Soka Halake",
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    "content": "compulsory acquisition has, perhaps, been used to cross the line for the rights of somebody to have access to an aboard. Other than that, we need to guide the whole issue around compulsory acquisition, especially when it is a County Executive Committee (CEC) member who then considers these kinds of things. It is the obligation on the State to make sure that whenever there is compulsory acquisition, it is done humanely with the rights of the person who is being evicted or whose land is compulsorily acquired to be taken care of. Madam Temporary Speaker, one other issue that we may look at is that as national laws go, we may not wish to be very prescriptive to the extent of where things are parked and so on. Let us also allow county governments to also have an opportunity to cascade this broad national laws into county laws that can then go into all the nitty gritty of these kinds of infrastructure. Again, we have an opportunity in these plans and laws to make sure that we also plan for the beauty and aesthetics of our counties. Sometimes we have been so focused, so to speak, on the functionality of things. We often forget that we also need certain aesthetic value to some of our developments both in terms of just good environmental outcomes in the urban infrastructure and just the beauty of things. Do we have parks? I know we have talked about access to buildings. Do we leave certain green spaces that then become a beautiful part of our counties? In terms of the functions and need for planning, our counties must plan well for some of these urban infrastructural considerations. We need to specify the duties of the CEC members and who is the owner of this, so that it is implemented. What I like about this Bill and congratulate the sponsor, Sen. Olekina, is the fact that he did not forget the issues around maintenance. As you know in Africa, sometimes the concept of maintenance gets forgotten in the whole idea around urban development or any development for that matter. In this Bill, there are considerations and provisions that have been made to make sure that construction and maintenance of streets, lanes and alleys have been taken care. County governments shall construct and maintain streets and each county government will facilitate the construction and maintenance. Again, I am glad that, that has been taken care of with regards to all the components such as pavements, street lighting, access and the rest of it. Again, Madam Temporary Speaker, I know Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve, our champion for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) has already pointed this out, we must put a conscious effort to make sure that any new development that comes serves the people, even the most vulnerable as well, without excluding anybody from enjoying whatever benefits that accrue as a result of some of the developments. This is part of the green development as well. I can also send in a written proposal just to make sure that we do not forget some of the green aspects in our urban policy development. Sometimes, it gets lost in the words, but it does not have to be very complicated. It just speaks to multi-functionality and certain environmental footprints of some of these things such as social and cultural considerations and what economies accrue from this. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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