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    "id": 1268198,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1268198/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " Thank you. You know Hon. Babu Owino might be imagining that he is in Jacaranda grounds, but we must forgive him because he was released the other day from police cells. I was saying with modern technology it is now possible to get the actual size of land without land valuers having to go and use rudimentary technology to value land. This Bill creates that opportunity for us to use modern technology in undertaking valuation. Technology enhances fairness and certainty. Unlike in the past where you had to talk to, what in Kenyan parlance is known as kuongea na kitu kidogo or chai (bribe) valuers to value land for you appropriately, now you will not need that. You will know the value of land in this particular area, the size is this much and similar properties in that area are paying this much. This Bill also identified the role of counties for the implementation of the objects of the Act which shall include ensuring fair and equitable treatment. It is not fair that there are people in this country… I will give you examples of Kahawa Wendani and Kahawa Sukari. You will find many people, including Members of Parliament, who live in those towns and are paying rates to the County Government of Kiambu or Nairobi. Across the river you will find people who own ranches within the city but they do not pay rates either to Kiambu or Nairobi counties. We must ensure that there is fairness. It is not fair that a person in Kahawa Wendani or Kahawa Sukari is paying rates but another person, probably, because of the position that they hold, do not pay rates. With this kind of Bill there will be fairness. The County Government of Nairobi will levy rates. I know Hon. Mark Mwenje is getting itchy when I speak about these things. It is only fair that every taxpayer pays their due taxes, even on land. It does not matter whether you own a ranch within the city, or whether you own an eighth of an acre like myself. I mean, whether you own no land like the Member of Kisii County or Hon. Nyikal who owns a lot of Karen in Nairobi…"
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