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    "id": 136201,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kaino",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 32,
        "legal_name": "Boaz Kipchumba Kaino",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the Vote of Ministry of Housing. Let me start by talking about owning a house in a town or urban area, which is a very, very important thing. There is nothing as important as owning a house. But the laws and policies that are in place are prohibitive and restrictive to owning a house. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I wish to thank the Minister for preparing what he has said is now before the Cabinet. But when it comes to this House, we shall have a look at it and approve it. That is because the common people are suffering by paying rents. There are so many cases and the Rent Tribunal takes ages to expedite cases or disputes between house owners and tenants. Tenants pay a lot of money to landlords. Even for a one-bedroom house, it is too much! Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I really wish that the Ministry could come up with some policies to encourage people to own houses in towns. People who live, work and do businesses in towns should be encouraged to own houses. If you are unable to own a house in a very important area like Karen, Parklands or Lavington, one can even go to Kitengela and other areas where the price of land is still low. The Ministry should encourage Kenyan citizens to own houses. It is very, very important! Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, rural-urban migration is very important. Our people ought to learn that coming to live in urban areas is very important, and the Ministry should encourage that. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the National Housing Corporation must be given finances to start the Rural Housing Fund, which used to be there a long time ago. Our people should be supported to build houses, not in the rural areas, but in some towns like Thika and Eldoret. They can build houses in areas where they can get good services like health facilities, clean water, good roads and good education. That is actually where the world is going today. Our people should not be encouraged to live in the rural areas where there is a lot of insecurity. In my place right now, if you have built a very expensive house--- I have seen many people building very good houses but, at the end of the day, they do not live in them because of insecurity. The security situation is terrible! You cannot build police stations everywhere! It is very important to encourage our people to come to urban areas where there is security. There are police stations and where the administration is very close to the people. But in rural areas, you can walk for five kilometers to find a police station. People have abandoned very beautiful and expensive houses just because of insecurity! The Ministry must come out strongly and encourage people to live in urban areas, where there are so many facilities. We should leave rural"
}