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    "id": 1378157,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Allow me to proceed and ignore the County Women Representative for Kilifi because she did not have time to propose amendments. As I was saying, this is a House of debate and the Kenya Kwanza administration values every Member. That is why, we supported Hon. (Prof) Oundo amendments which made sense and also Hon. (Dr) Nyikal amendments on the qualifications of the chairperson. I thank both of them because during the Second Reading, Hon. Oundo pointed out the gap that existed in the Bill on qualifications of the chairperson and Hon Nyikal picked that up and proposed an amendment. That is how we legislate. We do not legislate by talking in television stations or funerals but on the Floor of this House. That is why I am congratulating Members of the Minority Party who have taken time unlike, many other cowards who opt to walk out believing they will intimidate their Members. I must congratulate the Azimio Members in the House this afternoon because of withstanding intimidation and coercion not to do their work. This includes the Member for Kilifi, Hon. Mbeyu who withstood intimidation and ensured she is here to legislate for her people; the policemen and women in Kilifi to get affordable and social housing. Also, the students, teachers and health workers in Kilifi Sub-County Hospital to access institutional housing. I congratulate all these Members Welcome back Hon. Nyikal. In your absence, I was congratulating you for being a very diligent Member of Parliament who takes his work seriously. You are a veteran Member of this House and we truly appreciate your input in this Bill. You actualised what you said during the Second Reading of this Bill regarding the qualifications of the chairperson, by bringing amendments to enrich what the proposer had provided. Allow me to immensely congratulate Members of our Kenya Kwanza coalition. They went to every constituency together with the President and Deputy President in 2022 and promised the people of Kenya, that the housing agenda would be actualised under their administration. I am happy, that we have a President who did not choose to do what is politically expedient or popular but what is right for this country. He chose to do what is good for millions of our young people who are jobless. As I said, when moving this Bill, it is about employment, creation of wealth, helping Kenyans to access affordable homes and creating new homeowners. Therefore, generating new wealth in our country. It will help our economy that was destroyed by those who told us today, that when they look back they feel like crying, to grow. I want to tell them that they have every reason to cry, if in 10 years they only built 1,900 houses. Now, you can see an administration which in less than a year has done close to 40,000 houses and is on the verge of accomplishing the promise to do a minimum of 200,000 units per year. I want to thank all the Kenya Kwanza Members for their diligence and commitment. Not just to the manifesto they sold to the people of Kenya, but for the commitment to serve their constituents who they represent in this House. These are the heroes of our country because they have the feelings of their people at heart. Sometimes back, we had a debate on the cost of living. When we talk about implementing Kenya Kwanza manifesto on production subsidies, others chose to don sufurias on their heads, Hon. Temporary Speaker. As I said yesterday, unga is currently retailing at a low of Ksh114 from Ksh260. In the same breath, in another two or three years, the people of Kenya will bear us witness and we will stand vindicated that the decisions we have made today are right for this country. They are for posterity. They will secure the future of millions of our people. I must thank all these Members. 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"
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