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    "id": 1373661,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugenya, MDG",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
        "slug": "david-ouma-ochieng"
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, that is what a responsible opposition does. It does not just oppose for the sake of opposing. Opposition that is responsible provides solutions. We do not just say this is wrong. You tell us how to do it right. In this Bill, I believe that instead of saying that there is no place for mama mboga and boda boda riders, tell us how to improve it. I am going to ask the Leader of the Majority Party to provide a quota for each category of people in this country. That can be done under Part IV of the Bill. We must have quotas for mama mboga and boda boda riders. We must have a provision that says if 100 houses are built at any place, 40 of them will go to mama mboga or boda boda riders. We must have that in the law. That is the way to go. You do not just say it is wrong and you keep quiet. You say it is wrong and provide solutions on how it can be done. Countries the world over grew on the back of housing booms. We have talked about countries like Singapore, Taiwan and Malaysia. These countries grew on the back of housing booms. What is going to mess up our housing programme is corruption. That is what we have been talking about. We need to ensure that big projects like the housing scheme are corruption free. We can make good laws in this Parliament but if we do not follow up with implementation and ensure that things are done in the right way, we will not go anywhere. That is why I will propose an amendment to this Bill on a section for procurement. We will not leave this to procurement laws. We will make a provision on how we will procure the materials to be used for construction. We do not want people lying to us that they bought cement at East African Portland or at Savannah yet they are importing cement. We will ensure that timber being used is bought locally. We will ensure that everything being used in these programmes are locally sourced. Those are the things that I expect us to talk about. How do we ensure that this becomes one of the programmes that make sure that we get money through the Buy Kenya, Build Kenya initiative? I will not keep quiet if we will launch housing project yet we are importing cement. I will not keep quiet if we are going to launch housing projects yet we are importing timber. I will not keep quiet if we are going to be launching housing projects yet we are importing steel. All these must be sourced locally for what the President has promised to come to fruition. Let us ensure that for once we do this in a manner that creates jobs systematically. If we source timber locally, the timber industry will grow. If you source cement locally, the cement industry will grow. If you also source steel locally, the steel industry will grow. If you source the technology locally you transfer that and the industries will grow. That is what I will require to see happening. Hon. Temporary Speaker, Kenyans are concerned about the possible favouritism in the distribution and allocation of the houses. That is why we must have a proper system that does not involve human intervention. I am happy that the President and the Government have decided that they are going to digitise things. Leader of the Majority Party, I request that we digitise the allocation of the houses. Let this not be about someone sitting somewhere and saying that so and so gets, so and so does not get. Let us have a way, even if it is a lottery or a coupon system. Let us ensure that we avoid things that will make this not work. The communities that are giving the lands for this project must also be considered. If you are building houses in Ugenya, you must tell us that out of these 100 houses, you have put aside at least 20 for the people from Ugenya. If you are building houses in Mathare, you must ensure that we are providing 50 per cent of these houses to the people of Mathare. This is a The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
}