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    "id": 837667,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/837667/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bureti, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Japhet Mutai",
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        "id": 13310,
        "legal_name": "Japheth Kiplangat Mutai",
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    "content": "I am impressed that this fund will create the Directorate of Urban Development and Management. It is a good concept in the sense that it will assist in the management of those towns. What we have is an area which has haphazard and an unclear mode of management and ways of running it. This will bring order. It will bring development. It will pump in money for devolution. This Act will see money cascade all the way down to the common person. I welcome it. If you look at the initial Act, certain areas were left out. Even the issue of municipalities was critical. The two municipalities were initially Kisumu and Mombasa. At the commencement of the original Act, they were deemed cities. Most of the benefits which are derived from a municipality were not benefitting most of our towns. But, pursuant to these amendments, I will see a town like Kericho benefit. I will see my town of Litein benefit. A lot of benefits will accrue as a result of this amendment. This is an idea whose time has come. Some towns did not even have town administrators because it was difficult for the governors to implement the original Act. As we are speaking, more than 30 counties did not have administrators in their respective areas. With ease which this amendment brings in, it will make sure governors will move with speed to put in place those municipalities and town boards so that they are up and running and people can enjoy. On that, I support. Thank you. 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."
}