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    "id": 1197933,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Senator from Nairobi City County in this Motion. I believe there is a problem in terms of the greed that is there amongst land owners. This Motion has not gone far enough. It should have called for the total abolition of all parking charges. I say so because we grew up in this country and this issue of parking charges in malls, in hotels and in hospitals is a new development. When we were growing up, you would go to the shop, do your thing, go home and nobody would ask you for parking charges. We must arrest the greed that land owners have nowadays. The only way we are going to arrest it is by legislating against it. When our forefathers fought for independence of this country, they fought against land owners. At that time, they were muzungu land owners. These muzungu land owners are still there except they are wearing black skins. How do you justify? You write a rental agreement with a business owner in a mall, you are charging him and every year, there is escalation of those charges, which are costly. In fact, they have inbred within them the cost of the land which you have purchased. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, why is it that all of a sudden, the area that is supposed to help that businessman do the business where he is already collecting rent becomes an area where you still want to take? You take from the guy of the shop, from the guy who is having an office there and from everybody in that shopping mall. It is the greed and we must legislate against it. The people who are owning this land are killing this country. How much are they paying in terms of annual land rent to the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development? The taxation they are paying is so minimal and it is already covered within that tenant landlord agreement. However, they continue to milk Kenyans more. It is a shame. I believe this Motion should go further. We should call for the abolition of all these charges."
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