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    "id": 1373596,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1373596/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugunja, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "That, however much employees contribute towards the housing levy – whether they are salaried employees or not, like the jua kali artisans, mkokoteni pushers, boda boda riders and the mamambogas – there is no guarantee that they will get a house. That is not clear. If you want to confirm that, you can go to Part IV of the Affordable Housing Bill, 2023 on the eligibility criteria and application procedure for an affordable housing unit. Clause 30 states that: “A person qualifies to be allocated an affordable housing unit if that person is a Kenyan citizen who is at least eighteen years of age and holds a Kenyan identity card.” What is more curious in that part (iv) is Clause 31(2)(a). It states: “An application made under subsection (1) shall be accompanied by: (a) proof of the requisite deposit approved by the relevant agency of at least 10 per cent of the value of the affordable housing unit being applied for.” Tell me now, who in Kenya is going to afford 10 per cent of the value of the affordable housing unit? Who? What we are simply doing is to create opportunities for the people who are already propertied and wealthy like you and me to use proxies to deposit 10 per cent of the value of those units then acquire as many units as possible. How have they addressed the issue of access to housing under Article 43(1)(b) of the Constitution? Tell me; I need to be educated. My good friend, Hon. Ichung’wah, tell me how. We are trying to respond to the fundamental queries that were raised by the High Court. My submission is that, this Bill does not cure the deficiencies that were apparent in the Finance Bill, 2023."
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