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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to a subject that is very close to my heart. As you all remember, I was the ambassador for the United Nations (UN) Habitat. This is one of the areas that I delved into, of ensuring that we have an internationally acceptable, viable and a new urban agenda. If I may take you down memory lane, Madam Temporary Speaker, Goal 11 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) speaks about sustainable cities and communities. I congratulate Sen. Olekina for speaking to this Goal, which speaks about making our towns and cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. This Bill has come at the right time. That is what we should be doing in all our planning. Madam Temporary Speaker, if you look at Agenda 2030, the SDGs have 17 Goals and 169 targets geared towards ensuring fundamental human rights are in place. When I talk about human rights, I mean that the people living in towns and cities have a right to live in a safe city; they have a right to proper planning; a proper living or housing scheme and proper food security. Therefore, this is not something that should be looked at casually. Madam Temporary Speaker, in my opinion, this Bill is a toolkit which has been developed. Sen. Olekina may not have realised that what he is doing is providing a toolkit for our county governments and the national Government. This is because using the toolkit in planning, designing and implementing is a shared responsibility. This will eventually lead to monitoring and evaluation, as well as giving it a sense of ownership; of course taking into account environmental concerns. 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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