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"speaker_name": "Sen. Wakili Sigei",
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"content": "Resume your seat, Sen. Sifuna. Proceed, Sen. Kinyua."
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"content": "Bw. Spika wa Muda, Mswada ulio mbele yangu ni kuhusu nyumba. Mambo ya njaa tumeyashughulikia vilivyo na tumewapatia pembejeo. Yeye mwenyewe alipokuwa akizunguka na sufuria kichwani, sisi tulishughulikia mambo ya wananchi wa Kenya. Ni kazi ya Serikali kushughulikia wananchi wake kwa kuwapatia makao. Tukipitisha Mswada huu, Wakenya wengi wanaoishi katika hali ya uchochole, watapata makao. Mswada huu utashughulikia haya mambo. Tulipokua tukitembea katika Jamhuri ya Kenya tukifaya campaign, tuliwaahidi Wakenya nyumba za bei nafuu. Hayo ndio mambo tunayoangazia siku ya leo na tunapaswa kuyafanya."
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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": "Jambo lengine ni hizi nyumba zitanufaisha Wakenya wetu. Niko katika Kamati ya Uchukuzi, Barabara na Ujenzi wa Nyumba. Watu wa matatu na jua kali walikuja kuleta mapendekezo yao kwa hii Kamati. Walisema ya kwamba itawasaidia ndugu zetu wahandisi, maseremala na waashi kupata kazi. Kwa hivyo, Mswada huu utawasaidia Wakenya kwa kuwapa kazi na nyumba ili watu wetu waache kuishi katika hali duni. Lakini, niliposikiliza ndugu zangu, wanasheria hawa wawili walipoongea, nilipigwa na butwaa kwa sababu tunaongelea kuhusu shida ya nyumba. Kwao, nyumba sio shida. Shida yao--- Bw. Spika wa Muda, maneno yananisumbua kwa sababu pengine hawa ndugu zangu hawajatembea mashinani waone shida za wananchi. Nimesikia ya kwamba, nyumba hizo hazijaanza kutengenezwa. Juzijuzi, tulikuwa mji wa Nanyuki na tayari nyumba hizi zimeanza kutengenezwa na vijana wanashukuru."
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"content": " Your time is up, Sen. Kinyua. Proceed, Sen. Osotsi."
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. From the onset, I want to declare that I oppose this Bill. This is because, this Bill, as Sen. Okiya Omtatah has said, has not cured the issues that were raised in court under Articles 10, 201, 206 and 210. It still has loopholes, which makes it unconstitutional. The court issued an injunction on 19th December, 2023 on the issue of public participation. This Bill or the process that culminated into this debate today has not cured the problem of inadequate public participation. If I read through the reports in this Bill, the Committee simply invited the public to present memorandum, and they only had one day where they received oral submission. Since this Bill affects counties, it was only reasonable that all the 47 counties be involved in public participation. That never happened. When you look at this report, this House has a standard that all the reports that come to this House must have an adoption list to them. I have gone through this report and I have a copy here, there is no adoption list. Who adopted this report? I ask the clerks who work in committees and our secretariat, you are here to be professional. Give this House professional input. However, if you allow such omissions to happen on a very important report, you are only giving ammunition to those people who are going to court to reject this Bill if it is passed into law."
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"content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when you look at the Bill, they say the funds from the Affordable Housing Funds will be distributed to the National Housing Corporation (NHC), Kenya Slum Upgrading (KSU), Locals Housing and Infrastructure Fund (LHIF) and the State Department of Housing and Urban Development. For heaven’s sake, why would a Ministry be involved in the construction of affordable houses, yet we have an institution called the NHC that is supposed to do that on behalf of the Government of Kenya?"
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"content": "This Bill does not define what gross salary and gross income is. It is ambiguous. I am concerned that the space for public participation is not in this Bill. Why would we even go to public participation when we know that we are not going to incorporate the views of the people? I have gone through the report and the views submitted by the members of the public and even Government institutions were ignored by the Committee. Most importantly, the view by the Kenya Bankers Association that said that persons who already have their own houses be exempted from this. Why are you forcing people who have houses to be levied this money? In any case, you have to apply before you get this house. There are also punitive aspects in this Bill. The 3 per cent penalty per month is so huge. If you calculate it per annum, it comes to 36 per cent, which is way beyond the ---"
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