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    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I take this opportunity to agree with the Mediation Committee on their mediated version of the Physical Planning Bill. I do not want to speak to the issue of sibling rivalry between the Senate and the National Assembly. It is expected. The only concern is that it is taking a little too long to settle. Last week, Hon. Janet Sitienei, Hon. Gertrude, a Parliamentary staff and I were in Rwanda. I have heard Hon. Passaris refer to the developed nations as examples in terms of physical planning. It is an embarrassment to us as a country that Rwanda that has gone through so much in terms of disturbance is doing much better than us. I remember when I shared with some people this information, and by coincidence somebody else I knew happened to have been in Rwanda at the same time... We shared about the same and people said that Rwanda has only 13 million people. If you can get it right with 13 million people, you can always get it right with over 50 million people. I used to do a lot of work in Rwanda before I came to Parliament. It took me a while to go to Rwanda after I was elected. You can evidently see the amazing transformation in Rwanda. Sometimes it is not magic. It is just about developing a culture of constitutionalism and respect for the law. This country has not had a lacuna of law in physical planning. We are only making sure that our laws conform to the Constitution and emerging issues. Why can we not do what is right? For example, when we talk about zoning, sometimes you pass through Nairobi and you sympathise with a lot of people who have invested in property. You find a bungalow surrounded by high-rise buildings. You are forced to sell it because you cannot live in such a situation. The Government will not compensate you for what you invested. I do not want to speak to what I saw happening with the railway planning. I might be going to land use planning. I want to speak to physical planning. I want to challenge the Governor of Nairobi, Hon. Sonko. He is a young man. I am told the County went on benchmarking. At least, if he wants the County to remember him for anything, let him fix Nairobi. I would like to encourage him to go beyond the theatrics. You can do theatrics and also be a performer. He should learn from me. Can he please do his theatrics but also perform so that he has a legacy when he leaves the county. We should not only remember Sonko for all the 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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