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    "id": 977877,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/977877/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13373,
        "legal_name": "Owen Yaa Baya",
        "slug": "owen-yaa-baya"
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    "content": "Secretary. He is also aware of the kind of laws that need to be changed to thrive within the current setup in this country. In terms of leadership, Mr. Enosh Onyango Momanyi came out as a true leader in the area and in the discipline. If you look at his history, he was happy to tell us that he was once a teacher. He talked to us as a person with that kind of a background, that he is able to educate, teach, learn and give other people leadership. The fact that he is nominated for the position of Principal Secretary does not remove him from the fact he needs to provide leadership in the subject area even to those guys who are physical planners by training. I heard him say clearly that the only thing that he needs to do is provide leadership to the State Department and things will run. Without leadership, even if you are knowledgeable in the area, even if you know everything, if you are unable to lead a team, you will not succeed. On his experience during the upgrading of Korogocho slums, of course, there were issues that were mentioned here and there that were not very good about him, but I think he learnt a lot of things on how to handle people, how to handle departments and how to provide leadership. I can stand here confidently and tell you that the vast leadership trainings that he has attended and the vast leadership skills that he has is what we need for success in the Department of Physical Planning. One interesting thing is that, although we are still waiting for the order from the Executive on delineation of functions from the State Department of Lands and now Physical Planning, he is aware of what needs to be done to correct the many issues that have bedevilled it. For many years, physical planning has not had a budget. Right now, I think the budget is around Kshs48 million for the whole sector because it was just a small appendage of lands. But when it is delineated, there will be a proper budget. With the support of the Departmental Committee on Lands and my Chair, we will allocate funds for physical planning. Those funds should be used in things like the growth of new urban centres and implementing the Big Four Agenda of the President like housing. It all pertains to one thing that we need to have good planning in this country, especially physical planning."
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