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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kabando wa Kabando",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 31,
        "legal_name": "Kabando wa Kabando",
        "slug": "kabando-kabando"
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    "content": "So, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the pain is great. I saw on television and on page 5 of one of the main dailies, and the following day, on page 5 of the same daily and in two other dailies, houses built in the early 1990s by individuals of my age, and some even younger, being brought down. I also saw a widow from my constituency, whose husband was like my father – and remains so in spirit – actually shedding tears of pain; she saw houses constructed for the past three or four decades being brought down barely a year after her enterprising husband was buried. So, it is important to declare, as many other Members have done, that it cannot be expected that this is a collective Government position because the Ministry of Lands or the Ministry of Transport are merciless – even stupid enough – to think that they can give statements to justify things done to families. Over the weekend – actually on Sunday – I was in Kerugoya Stadium, but my Youth Officer was not present. Only three months ago, he had a good party with friends in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, his age mates in colleges, his clan members and with his neighbourhood friends; he showed them an investment he had constructed through the pain of a bank loan; he had purchased a plot and constructed a house. Three months ago, he had a house warming party; he took his young family to that house, but it was among the houses in Syokimau that were demolished. This was a young man dedicated to enterprise, to owning a house and, therefore, assisting the Government in achieving the social pillar, and also helping the community and the country in attaining an obligation in the Constitution, which the Government should undertake, namely ensuring that everybody has a shelter over his or her head."
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