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    "id": 914612,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Roysambu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Isaac Ndirangu",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Waihenya Ndirangu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to support the Report of the Mediation Committee on the Physical Planning Bill (National Assembly Bill No.34 of 2017).The aspect of planning is very crucial in every urban center and more so in a City like Nairobi. The impact of not planning the city of Nairobi has been the source of all the problems we have been coming across. I want to talk about the impact of not planning the city in as far as crime is concerned. You know before the new Constitution 2010 all education matters were handled by City Hall. Between 1990 and 2010 looking at the statistics the City Hall in Nairobi did not build any primary or secondary school. So over, time the young people who left primary schools did not have secondary schools to transit to. So, we have a city where the bigger population of children who go up to class eight only and that is all. So, what does such a population result to in terms of development? They can only go out there to do manual jobs, touting and hawking. So, over time we have produced a population that is not knowledgeable; one that is not adequately facilitated in terms of education. This has resulted in a poverty cycle where parents cannot afford to build houses but can only manage to put up small slums and shanties and this is what has resulted to slums like Kibera, Gitare Marigu, Mukuru kwa Reuben et cetera . With time public land that had been set aside for the development for public amenities like secondary schools, hospitals and polytechnics has been misappropriated and grabbed. Therefore, my appeal to our governor is that during his time as he promised he should ensure he revokes the allocation of public utilities to individuals which has been happening from 1990s up to date. Therefore, we can build schools, colleges for Technical and Vocational Education, Training (TVETs) and hospitals. I have in mind areas in my constituency like Marurui, Githurai, Kamae, Kahawa and Congo where I have been struggling while looking for spaces to build secondary schools. I have 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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