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    "id": 837625,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/837625/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Godfrey Osotsi",
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    "content": "This is a very important Bill. However, after going through it, you realise that there are areas that require some improvements as it has been suggested by the Chairperson of the Committee. The criterion for determining a city, municipality, town or an urban area is very limiting. You cannot say that you rely on population and integrated urban area development plan as the only criterion for determining whether an area is a city, municipality or town. We know globally that there are cities in the world which have less population, but they are categorised as cities. For example, Geneva City has a population of about 400,000 and 40 per cent of them stay outside Geneva in France and other countries. However, it is one of the most populous cities in the world because of diplomacy and being a financial hub. We need to re-look at this so that we do not insist on population only. Even globally, we have technology and smart cities. We have just approved money here in Kenya to go into the construction of Konza City, which will be a technology city. It is unlikely to have 250,000 people in the next 10 years. Investors are waiting for its construction. When we say that a city must have 250,000 people, we are limiting the process of many areas to be cities. We need to look at the special features that go beyond population."
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