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"content": " Hon. Senators, there is a Motion in the House by Sen. Keroche. I want to propose the question, but we can do it by concurrence. I propose that the debate be limited to 4 minutes. By concurrence every Senator will take 4 minutes."
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"content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute to the Affordable Housing Bill (Senate Bills No.75 of 2023). The architecture of the Affordable Housing Bill is founded under Article 43(1) of the Constitution as set out and it aims to ensure that every Kenyan who contributes to the fund as set out at 1.5 per cent of the gross salary is eligible to apply for a House. The Senate Majority Leader has addressed the House today. Of importance is the need for Kenyans to not just look at the Housing Bill as crafted, but at the entire framework that goes into housing as a project. The entire framework that goes into housing aims and will benefit Kenyans of all works of life. The Housing project as conceived by the fund will benefit and will be spread in every county of the 47 counties in this country. We are aware that even as this debate goes on after court proceedings on the initial Act as set out, we know that there are active housing projects in counties like Homa Bay and Nyandarua. Those projects are already complete. Madam Temporary Speaker, Kenyans should know that the support sectors, including the Jua Kali sector, crafters and metal works have immensely benefited from this programme. On the question of eligibility, the framework of the Affordable Housing Bill has out eligibility at a level that will ensure that it is open for every Kenyan to contribute to the fund and, therefore, be eligible to be allocated a house as long as they make a contribution. This is an important amendment because it then opens up the fund to other people who have the opportunity or ability to contribute."
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"content": "The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate."
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"content": "On the question as to why - I think this is a sticky question - on whether only employees should contribute, I think Kenyans should look at the framework of law as being constitutionally embedded and underpinned. The intention is to move this country to a second-level economy to ensure we have affordable houses that citizens of this country can buy, including those who previously would not have been able to purchase houses. I support the Bill."
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"content": "Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker. Let me take this opportunity to also contribute to this Affordable Housing Bill (National Assembly Bills No.75 of 2023). As a keen Member of this committee and now a strong supporter of this Bill, I want to say that sometime back we had before our committee a group of former tenants of Buxton Estate. They brought a Petition before this House and the major problem they brought before the committee was one, unaffordability of those houses, two, unaffordability of the finances. Madam Temporary Speaker, I am proud today to say and thank my committee Members that we have amended a lot of things based on the experience we had through what Buxton tenants brought before us. With your kind indulgence, sometime last year when we had this Petition, the committee recommended that the former tenants should be given those houses. There are almost 184 tenants who have not been given those houses up to date. The residents of Buxton Estate had found themselves in a situation where they had been evicted out of their homes where they had been residents for a long time. The houses they were living in were demolished and replaced by beautiful apartments. The contract between the developers and the county government was not sufficient to accommodate those former tenants. This Bill is part of an effort to create a legal framework for affordable housing units. One of the strongest complaints that the committee was confronted with is the Buxton Petition. Clauses 2 and 47 have gone ahead to compel the Cabinet Secretary for Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development to define the parameters of affordable housing. Madam Temporary Speaker, when the committee faced the Petition by residents of Buxton Estate, the biggest problem we had was how to pass this Bill so that they could be accommodated."
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"content": " Sen. Chute, your time is up."
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