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    "id": 837643,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/837643/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiambu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jude Njomo",
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        "legal_name": "Jude L. Kangethe Njomo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Lack of planning in our cities has been a source of headache. Let me give an example. When the current Governor of Machakos County had taken charge of some activities in Nairobi, he decided to beautify it. He collected some rocks from Ukambani and put them along Uhuru Highway and said: “This is our beautiful city!” A few years later, the Governor of Nairobi, Hon. Evans Kidero, heard that the Pope was coming to visit Kenya. In a hurry, he looked for Kikuyu grass and planted it on the rocks on Uhuru Highway. He wanted the grass to grow in a hurry before the Pope came. Unfortunately, the Pope came before the grass grew and it was a disaster. I wish he had somebody to plant for him and do a good irrigation system that would make that grass grow and remain green. Today, we have Governor Sonko. He has done a better job. He has planted good grass. He has planted some colourful flowers, but he has also forgotten to do an irrigation system. So, the grass will only grow now because there are people who are taking care of it by watering it. But if he had put an irrigation system, we would have a very beautiful city. We need some regulations that will ensure that the herders who bring their herds of cattle in the city know that the grass is not being planted for cows. It is planted to beautify our city. We should segregate. We should have places where people take cows to graze."
}