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    "id": 1164202,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Shiyonga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Masitsa Naomi Shiyonga",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I stand to support the Bill. This Bill has a lot of improvement and amendments. This Bill cuts across the agreement of the two parties, especially where the tenant and the landlords are to discuss the issues they face in terms of service provided. It is very important for us to support this Bill. I speak as one of the people who have been both a tenant and a landlady. There are so many challenges that need mutual agreements governed by the law, especially when it comes to payments. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there are so many challenges that came especially during COVID-19 pandemic, which we have experienced globally in the past few years. Most of the tenants were rendered jobless and unable to pay their rents. At the same time, it also affected the owners of the properties who had probably taken mortgages to pay for their properties. Some of the regulations that were brought about by the pandemic have been lifted and people are attaining statuses of living. However, we still have “rocky” tenants who do not want to feel for the landlords; that as the situation resumes they pay for the services being rendered by the landlord. We still have those tenants who sit in the houses and claim that the situation still prevails. Kenya has reclaimed its glory and has moved on when it comes to the pandemic. Many people have resumed work and we have changed the way we were living. Tenants need to respect the property owners because the property owners are still paying for those services. I like the Clauses that have been put there; that there is mutual agreement, consideration and all that appertain to the Tribunal that have been put across. I wonder about the dispute resolution period of three months. If you are a landlord the law states that you have been given three months to settle or agree on what is to take place. Within those three months, we have a landlord who is being surcharged interest on the mortgage that they have taken. What about them? Should they go ahead and stop the courts or banks from increasing the interest rate or vice-versa? If you get a rogue tenants who is not paying the rent and you are supposed to pay the mortgage, then you are at a loss. You have somebody staying in your property, but they are not considering your suffering because you wanted the rent to pay the mortgage. I find that a bit hard. Having The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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