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    "id": 1367590,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13599,
        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it gives me great privilege to present the Report of the following Petition. I beg to lay the following report on the Table of the Senate today, 2nd November, 2023- Report on the Standing Committee on Roads, Transportation and Housing on a Petition by Mr. John Tsuma and other residents of Buxton Estate regarding eviction from and demolition of Buxton Estate in Mvita Constituency of Mombasa County. On behalf of the Committee, I spoke to the Chairperson this afternoon. We take this opportunity to thank every person from the petitioners to the County Government of Mombasa to the developers and everybody involved in the Buxton Project for their cooperation during the duration of the hearings of this particular Petition. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me to make brief remarks regarding what we have observed as a Committee when it came to the Buxton Project. One of the most glaring observations we made is that there is an abuse of the term ‘affordable housing’ when people are constructing units within this country. Even though this project at Buxton was titled unaffordable housing project, it turned out that, in fact, for many of the residents of Buxton, these houses were not affordable. The second thing we noticed is that the agreement between the developer and the county government did not take into account the purchasing power of the people who are living in Buxton who are to give up the land for this development. One of the most 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."
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