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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Shiyonga",
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        "legal_name": "Masitsa Naomi Shiyonga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support the County Planning (Roads, Pavements and Parking Bays) Bill (Senate Bills No. 18 of 2018), that is with us now. I also congratulate Sen. Olekina for coming up with this Bill. It is a well thought out Bill that will help the counties where we come from. Devolution makes this House relevant and this Bill is right on time for it will spur the development that we need in our counties. Most of the vehicles or cars in these cities transport goods and people to various destinations. It is, therefore, important for this Bill to be discussed and passed for it facilitates access of people and goods to their destinations or places where they need to be at the right time. Time is important in terms of money, wealth and all that you can quantify. Therefore, when time is wasted because of the wrong planning of roads, pavements and parking, it takes away the economic efficiency that we are talking about which can be brought about by good planning of the parking bays, roads and all that is mentioned here. It is illegal, in all cities, to park in an undesignated place. This attracts a fine. We need this Bill in place and the framework that it suggests to be adopted for us to have proper planning of the cities that are growing day in day out. With devolution, our cities and towns are growing and they need the framework that we are mentioning here. It is with this that the beauty of that city or town and the access to business efficiency will be experienced and elevated. I have gone through this and I have seen that a well planned city will facilitate effective development and that is all we want. Looking at the madness that we have in some of our towns, if not all, it is hard for a human being to pass in between two vehicles that are not parked well. If this framework is implemented, we shall have order and effective development that our cities are looking forward to. My colleagues have talked about unnecessary demolitions that we have just experienced and are still experiencing. Why should you demolish if you have a well planned city, community or town? Good planning starts from planning to execution, implementation, building and having the structures in place. When that is done, nobody will think about demolitions. Nobody will think of unnecessary destruction because laws will have been followed from the beginning and that is what we intend to have. This framework has touched on proper planning of pavements, parking bays and drainage. With this framework, I think that we are going to achieve more, especially now that we have the growth of devolution in our counties. Maintenance has also been emphasized in this framework. Maintenance of any road is a must because we have wear and tear in the parking bays and the drainage. As 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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