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    "id": 979316,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Nyamunga",
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        "legal_name": "Rose Nyamunga Ogendo",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support the Statements that have been put forward by my colleagues. First of all, I would like to support the Statement on the request for additional time to look into the upgrading or elevation of Nakuru Town to city status. It is important that more time is given, because being a Member of the Committee, before we come up with any tangible decision on whether it should be upgraded or to make recommendations, it is important that we find time to do due diligence. That way, everything that is required for any town to be elevated to a city will be taken into account. There are several towns that have been elevated to city status, for example, Kisumu and Mombasa. I believe that there is some work that must be done by the county governments. However, I also believe that there must be some input by the national Government. Therefore, as much as Nakuru Town is ripe to be upgraded to city status, it is important that we look into all parameters and make sure that when a report is given, it will not be rejected. This is because we will have taken into account all the parameters required for upgrading it to city status. Secondly, insecurity is not only about thuggery. I think that insecurity touches even on the way we have seen our people die in the hands of the security personnel. Not very long ago, around December, we lost three youth, who were shot by the policemen due to mistaken identity. In fact, there are two serious cases where a young person who was going to save somebody who had an accident, was shot by the police, and the reasons were not genuine."
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