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    "id": 837572,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/837572/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Makali Mulu",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1955,
        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
        "slug": "benson-makali-mulu"
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    "content": "The main objective of these amendments is to review the criteria of establishing urban areas. As you rightly put it, we all represent areas which are urban. For example, Kitui Central which I represent is the host of the county headquarters which is in Kitui Town. In the former arrangement, the town used to be a municipal council, but with the new arrangement, it has been tricky to say where it belongs. That is why I am a bit happy with the proposal which is coming up in terms of ensuring that the required criteria in terms of population figures are clearly stated. Even before I comment on the figures, one of the issues which are coming out strongly in these amendments and which I really support is the idea of having area development plans. The more we visit our constituencies and the more we go round, the more we realise that planning has become a major challenge in the towns, markets, cities and urban centers. We cannot call them town planning. Even as we plan for those urban centres, we should talk about area development plans. That is very important. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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