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    "id": 837664,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/837664/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bureti, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Japhet Mutai",
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        "legal_name": "Japheth Kiplangat Mutai",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Report. In support, I want to state that the rural-urban migration is growing every single day. People in our rural areas are moving to urban areas seeking green pastures. When they get to those urban areas, they have to earn a living. They have to eke out a living. I am impressed by the amendments to the original Bill. The original concept of the Urban Areas and Cities Act was good, but a good idea gives way to a better idea. If you look at the amendment, it cascades down from towns to markets. It gives the governor a right to confer a status of an area to be a market. The initial Act ended at the town level. It is now cascading down to markets. This will give a chance to our people to enjoy the benefits of this Act. Initially, areas regarded as markets were out of the purview of this Act. It was difficult for them to enjoy. If you look at it critically, the creation of this fund is very crucial. One of the functions of the fund is money to be used for research, documentation and dissemination of information on the state of urbanisation in Kenya. That is brilliant. We can know how far we are moving and whether we are on the right direction. It will also provide the county governments with capacity development support in urban planning, management and development of urban areas. We have students who have completed Form Four. Some of them have gone to get trained for courses, but they cannot find a place to get internship or study. This is a perfect place where they can get hands-on experience in issues to do with management and urban planning."
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