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"speaker_name": "Pokot South, JP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. David Pkosing",
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"content": "tenants that the Bill was insufficient in providing for a fair and open procedure for resolving those issues or complaints that emanate from rental of business or residential premises. We are through and we agreed with the Committee that there was actually insufficiency particularly in the Bill as it is. There were a lot of gaps. We asked ourselves, so what do we do? We went through all the Acts of Parliament that are being proposed to be deleted and we found one that provides for a fair way of resolving these issues. That was Distress for Rent Act. We agreed as a Committee and also the public that appeared before us that we need to retain that Act. We will propose that we delete the provision that is proposing the repealing of that Act so that we can retain it. Therefore, even in our proposals or recommendations in our Report, we have provided how referencing can be done from the Bill, if the House agrees with us that we retain and do not repeal the Distress for Rent Act. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I will really persuade the House, and you as well, to agree with my Committee. As the Leader of the Majority Party said, he gave us this work some time back. We spent a lot of time because this is life of people. This Bill is not a normal Bill. It affects our daily life and it almost affects everybody in this country. It is not a small Bill. It is a very serious Bill that affects people’s welfare and relationships. That is why we took a bit of some time to do due diligence as a Committee and, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we will be persuading this House and you that you agree with us that we do not repeal that Act. If we repeal that Act, we will bring confusion. Somebody might end up spending the rest of their life between the tribunal… You know if you finish with the tribunal and you are not satisfied, you can also proceed to court but on matters of law. You can go to the High Court and if you finish that, you go to the Court of Appeal. You will be there forever. So, we are suggesting and proposing, particularly to the Mover of the Bill, to agree with us that then we need to retain that Act. That came from the public. Those are critical issues. Therefore, we made several proposals in terms of way forward. These proposals are on page 83 of our Report. What are our proposals? We are proposing a number of amendments. We will propose to amend Clauses 3, 4, 7, 10, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 23, 25, 26, 27, 29, 36, 44, 46, 50, 59, 60, 63, 64 and 65. If we amend those clauses in the manner that has been proposed by the Committee, then it will resolve the issues that were raised during public participation by the public. This is a very critical Bill in this country. It came at the right time. Why? Because the Government was coming up with the provision of housing. Therefore, it was also good then to have a clear law to provide for relationship between the tenants and landlords. In that case, if the Government is the landlord, then there is also a law that then guides us. It is a very critical Bill. My Committee really enjoyed this process. I want to assure the House and give it comfort. It is a properly thought-out Bill by the Executive. This is one of the Bills that were properly thought and we really enjoyed ourselves going through it, particularly for us who like making laws and to contribute to laws. It was really well done. I thank the people who did this Bill up to the level where it is. We hope that the House will agree with us during the Committee of the whole House so that we can synchronise. This is because the proposal of the Committee is not our proposal as the Committee but it is consolidation of what came from the public. Actually, the Committee is a conveyor belt from the public to the House and to the leadership of the House so that then we can make a decision. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I thank you. I thank the Leader of the Majority Party. I second. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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