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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Chute",
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        "legal_name": "Chute Mohamed Said",
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    "content": "The other issue the President raised was about the Kshs300 million which will be paid to settle the Kshs2 billion Eurobond money. This is important because it will help us to get affordable credit. The President also talked about affordable housing. About two weeks ago, I talked about affordable housing. This is a topic I have been talking about. The President in his desire to give Kenyans affordable housing has made houses affordable by introducing free land, taxes and free transfer fees. The President is doing well. However, the problem we have is ‘scam’ which I talked about two weeks ago. A scam in the normal dictionary means fraudulent or deceptive acts or operations. Why do I say it is deceptive and fraudulent? A number of issues have come up about Buxton Estate and people have come to this House to complain. It is the same thing going on in Jamii Bora Estate in Kisaju, Jericho/Ofafa, Kibera Soweto and the Jogoo Road construction that is going on. Mr. Temporary Speaker, it is fraud today and tomorrow. The fraud does not come from the Government. It is from individuals who are working in the Government. The President should check what is happening between the counties and the developers. The current agreement is between a county and a particular developer. In an open market, the developer and the land owner enter into a clear contract. In many occasions, the developer will have 70 per cent of the units that are to be built and the owner of the land gets 30 per cent. In these affordable housing contracts, it is 10 per cent for the land owner, who is the public and 90 per cent for the developer. That is why I was saying, it is a scam. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I will talk about our Arid and Semi-Arid (ASAL) region. The President talked about many things. He talked about bailing out coffee, tea and sugarcane farmers. The important thing that I did not hear from the President is the ASAL region. The ASAL counties cover 80 per cent of Kenya’s land mass. A total of 36 per cent of the population lives in the ASAL region, 70 per cent of national livestock herd and 90 per cent of wild animals comes from the ASAL region. We have lost over 70 per cent of our livestock in the ASAL region. This is mainly in Marsabit, Mandera, Wajir, Garissa, Turkana and Samburu counties. The President has not talked about how he will resettle the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and those people who have lost their livestock. At least, there should have been some kind of compensation for our people. We are also Kenyans. We have all the rights just like the people of Kakamega County. I would have wanted the President to address these issues. Finally, there is something the President should address. I believe corruption is a major problem and a cancer for this country. According to statistics of 2022, the corruption index of Kenya is at 22 points out of 100. Kenya is position 123 out of 180 countries. The major problem is embezzlement, bribery and procurement fraud. People say police officers are the most corrupt. If we manage our economy and reduce the theft which is at 30 per cent – stealing money through procurement, bribery and embezzlement – we can afford to pay our traffic police well and stop them from asking for small chai on our roads. People say that police are the most corrupt, but I think it is wrong. The most corrupt people are the Cabinet Secretaries (CSs), the Principal Secretaries (PSs) and the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
}