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    "id": 830571,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/830571/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Faki",
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        "legal_name": "Mohamed Faki Mwinyihaji",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this important Bill. I join my colleagues in congratulating Sen. Olekina for this timely Bill. Speaking on behalf of Mombasa County, we have had these kinds of streets and pavements for many years. At the moment, all the pavements are being redone and carpeted with artificial carpets. Nkrumah Road and Moi Avenue are all green courtesy of the 79th International Association of Travel and Tourism Professionals (SKAL) World Congress which was held in Mombasa. The pavements have also been done in red. If you walk along Digo Road, which is in the main street towards the General Post Office, the streets are clean and the pavements are well done. Therefore, they beautify the city for residents and visitors. Madam Temporary Speaker, I also wish to advise the Mover of the Bill that we had a similar legislation called The Street Adoption Act Cap. 406 of the Laws of Kenya. Therefore, he can borrow a lot from that old Act which was enacted in 1963 to deal with similar situations. The penalties that are supposed to be imposed should be strictly enforced. This is because some of the things that we find at the moment, for example, congestion in towns and lack of pedestrian walkways have all come as a result of poor planning. Therefore, enactment of this legislation will deal with problems of poor planning and also rectify some of the problems that we have had in the past where roads have become narrow because of the increase in the number of motor vehicles and pedestrians who walk on them. Madam Temporary Speaker, with those few remarks, I support the Bill."
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