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    "id": 830751,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kamukunji, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Yusuf Hassan",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Hassan Abdi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. It is particularly timely for a neighbourhood like mine where we have a very large population. Kamukunji has one of the largest population in the country in terms of area. We have a serious problem of finding space for the growing number of children who are coming to our schools. Therefore, I feel that it is very important that we get the opportunity to have a regulation and I am specifically more attracted by the element of having a special fund because land is becoming more expensive, it is also more difficult for us to get land in urban areas like Nairobi. Therefore, it will be absolutely necessary in the coming years for us to have the necessary funds to acquire land and to build schools for the growing number of school-going children that we have. The other element that I have also looked at that might be supported by this Motion if we pass it, is the fact that at the moment there is really no guideline for the size, the portions or the dimensions of any particular school. Some schools have all the land that they need and others do not. This creates inequality in offering opportunities for our children to go to school. That is why, if we had a regulation, guidelines and a fund, we would be able to do much more in areas where there is pressure. For example, if you look at many of the schools that we are doing in my neighbourhood, you will realise that we can only build upwards now. There is simply no space to have sports facilities and playing ground. This means that a lot of our urban kids who are already condemned to live in apartments and limited housing, do not have the opportunity to play around and to go around and about as normal children in their schools because there is no space. I think this is a timely Motion. It will go a long way in creating the regulations and also providing the funds for us to be able to expand and develop schools in densely populated neighbourhoods like mine. Therefore, I support."
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