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    "content": "technical departments. The first department is called Housing Department. This is a department with the responsibility of formulation, implementation, monitoring and review of the National Housing Policy. The current National Housing Policy was enacted in this Parliament in 2004. The Estates Department is responsible for management of buildings and their maintenance as well as managing Government houses and office accommodation of all Government Ministries. We have the Rent Restriction Tribunal to formulate rent policies for rental dwelling houses and resolution of disputes between landlords and tenants for low cost houses. The Slum Upgrading Department co-ordinates systematic upgrading of all slums and informal settlements. It also prevents formation of new slums and informal settlements. We have the Civil Servants Housing Department that facilitates civil servants to access affordable housing. Finally, we have the Housing Infrastructure Department to improve the living conditions through co-ordination of installation of infrastructure in urban residential areas as a way of opening up undeveloped land to facilitate housing development. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Ministry has been able to achieve progressively positively results in a number of areas. Under the Civil Servants Housing Scheme, the Ministry is facilitating civil servants to own houses either by way of selling houses or through extending loans to them. So far, we have sold 300 housing units to civil servants in the last two years on Jogoo Road for the low income civil servants. Other houses were developed and sold in Kileleshwa and Kilimani areas of Nairobi. Currently, the Civil Servants Housing Scheme is developing 950 units in Ngara which are at about 55 per cent completion stage. These houses are being offered to civil servants on a tenant purchase arrangement. They will be ready for occupation by the end of this year. The Civil Servants Housing Scheme Fund equity has increased by 46.6 per cent during the period under review from Kshs2.4 billion to Kshs3.4 billion as of now. The revenue reserves have moved from Kshs98.9 million two years ago to Kshs303.7 million, while the capital reserve for the Civil Servants Housing Scheme Fund has moved from Kshs2.3 billion to Kshs3.2 billion over the same period. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Ministry has also been able to complete formulation of the housing loan framework meant to facilitate civil servants to develop or purchase houses and is now operational. As a result of this, a total of Kshs762 million has already been advanced to civil servants under this arrangement. Under the estates management, the Ministry has finalized drafting the policy on leasing of Government offices and residential accommodation to harmonize and rationalize accommodation space. To this end, the Ministry has leased 247 houses and office space to cater for security officers and newly created Ministries and departments. The Ministry has also facilitated purchase of the BP Shell House that is going to house the Office of the Prime Minister. We have also purchased Protection House in Nairobi and Bima House in Mombasa to provide more office space for Government Ministries and departments. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, my Ministry has registered 4,221 unregistered and newly completed houses during the period under review. We are in the process of acquiring title deeds for about 43,000 Government houses countrywide. In this"
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