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    "id": 1367622,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Abass",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Abass Sheikh Mohamed",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Petition as reported by the Committee. It is a very unfortunate situation that we are denying the poor Kenyans who lived in Buxton for the last 50 years a place to live. They have been moved to the slums and have not been given any shares in those houses. They have not been given houses. Now, the intention or purpose of these local houses is to improve the housing in this country. The people who are living in slums, you go to their homes, you replace them and they do not become the beneficiaries of those houses that are being built. These houses have now been taken by the middle class who can afford to buy those houses. The poor who have owned those houses since Independence have no homes today. The Government has lost land worth Kshs3 billion, which was given to the developer for free. The materials that they are using is tax-free, yet we want to get money by taxing anything coming to the country that is worth over 500 US$. This is a very unfortunate situation. Yesterday, we were demolishing so many houses in Mavoko, yet we want to give people affordable housing. Instead of demolishing those houses in Mavoko, the land should have been sold to those people at low cost prices. What happened in Mavoko is a very unfortunate thing. As Sen. Chute said, this is a scam that must be stopped in this country. Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank you."
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