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"content": "Arboretum. Get an idea on how an arboretum should look like, so that when you become governors in your respective counties, you can replicate what is in Nairobi in your various counties. Once again, Madam Temporary Speaker, this Act says that each county government shall cause housing estate developers to allocate a green zone within every estate development that shall not be less than five per cent of the total area. What is happening in this country? When we are talking about Ruaraka, the matter started from a development plan, where land was set aside for the construction of schools, chief’s offices, hospitals and green zones. In the past, when you were building an estate, you had to set aside land for all those things. However, today, no one cares. We only wake up when a school has collapsed and children are dying and say all sorts of things. However, we forget about it immediately after we have posted our pictures on Twitter . How many housing estate developments, even in Nairobi City County, are including a mandatory five per cent of green space? Not too long ago at Nyayo Embakasi, which is one of the grand housing estates that this country has seen in the recent past, because now we have privatized everything-- - If we cannot provide security, as a State, we go to private security. If we cannot provide roads, as a State, we buy four wheel drive vehicles. If we cannot provide health, we buy medical insurance. If we cannot fix the education sector, where we do not even understand the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC), we take our students to private schools. Madam Temporary Speaker, in Nyayo Estate Embakasi, which is one of the last grand projects done by a Government agency, because after that we privatized everything, there are green zones that were set aside. What happened is that people were allocated that land; they came and attempted to grab it and put up concrete. There is a reason that Act mandates county governments to observe that five per cent allocation. Again, as far as oversight is concerned, we should be asking those questions. The county government is also required to establish and maintain recreational parks in every market center within its jurisdiction. The definition of a market center does not exist in the Act. I would have expected that in every serious center in our counties, there should be a recreational park. How many of these have we created? Instead of creating recreational parks, our governors are creating some iron tin-roofed structures or some shacks for boda boda operators. That is their idea of recreation. Madam Temporary Speaker, it would be important that when people take that very noble responsibility and duty to be Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of our counties, they should be taken through all the relevant legislation. Even this House needs to understand all the obligations that have been put on county governments. That is the only way we shall oversight counties effectively, monitor and evaluate the progress of county governments. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) was established, and there was a lot of hope that it would protect this nation’s forest resources and increase the tree cover to the 10 per cent that is the benchmark. The KFS is supposed to conserve, The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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