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    "id": 103016,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Shitanda",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Housing",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Soita Shitanda",
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to reply. (a) The Government has plans to undertaken housing redevelopment in the old residential estates in Nairobi and other urban centres. Indeed, this programme has already started with 90 old houses having been demolished to give way to 50 new houses which are complete and 718 houses under construction in old residential estates within Nairobi. (b) The Minister, in liaison with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government are in consultation to upgrade the infrastructure services in these areas where urban renewal and redevelopment is taking place. (c) In early years of its establishment, the NHC developed residential houses in various local authorities across the country on loan to local authorities. This programme worked very well until the mid 1980s when many councils started defaulting in debt serving to the corporation. It is worth noting that the corporation has managed to redeem about 60 per cent of the debts with local authorities. Examples of councils that have finalized arrangements to clear their debts include Nairobi City Council (NCC), Municipal Council of Mombasa and Municipal Council of Nakuru, just to mention but a few."
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