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    "id": 1375353,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. In replying, allow me to first thank all the Members who have contributed. This debate began last Thursday. I want to dissuade the fear by Hon. Otiende Amollo that this Bill is being rushed. We were here up to 7 p.m., and very many Members contributed. I sat here pensively listening to all the contributions by the Members. I remember Hon. (Eng) Mwengi asked how a person earning Ksh20,000 will afford to save and buy a house worth Ksh2.5 million. A straight answer is in the Bill. I am certain Hon. (Eng) Mwengi has not read the Bill. Clause 2(2)(a) of the Bill is quite explicit that social housing units will target people whose monthly income is below Ksh20,000. I heard the Leader of the Minority Party asking the same question on how mama mboga or a bodaboda rider will afford to buy a house. These are the people being targeted with social housing. Hon. Otiende Amollo has contributed this afternoon and asked a pertinent question on whether this Bill is about affordable ownership of houses or affordable rentals. The straight answer is that it is about affordable ownership of houses. Millions of new homeowners will be created out of this Bill and not just rentals. A number of those opposing this Bill have vested interests in rental units in this country. They fear that affordable ownership of houses by Kenyans might jeopardise their rental units. I want to assure landlords like many of us here, including Hon. Junet and I, that we are not threatened in any way by this Bill. The housing gap in this country is so huge that we do not need to fear anybody."
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