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    "id": 1261102,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. As I was saying, the heart and soul of our Constitution is the Bill of Rights. It is defeatist to argue that since housing under Schedule Four of our Constitution is a function of the county government, it is unconstitutional. The Bill of Rights is the heart and soul of this Constitution. Similarly, if we appropriate national Government resources raised through taxation to healthcare, which is outrightly a devolved function, we can also appropriate resources to housing. I also heard my good friend, Otiende Amollo, tell the Majority Party Whip that he cannot live on the 8th floor in his village in Kisii. He must build a shanty. The future is urban and through urbanisation, we will grow our economy. We have repeatedly said that urbanisation and building those houses are beyond housing. It is about millions of our youth who are languishing in poverty and are jobless in our slums. It is about millions of youths in Kathiani Constituency, lawyers, engineers and architects who will access jobs. It is not just about the menial jobs."
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