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    "id": 1385645,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Veronica Maina",
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    "content": "I am thinking of the largest slum in Africa being Kibera and how challenging it was during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was impossible for people to even keep a safe distance from one another because of how those areas are congested. I want to remind some of my fellow Senators about this right and the history behind the housing programme in Kenya. This is not the first time the Government has stepped in to attempt to build houses for its citizens. Many Senators and Members of National Assembly have proudly spoken about how they were raised in Ofafa Jericho, Maringo and Jamhuri. These were housing estates that were developed by the Government. This is not the first time that the Government is building houses for its citizens. The dream of every family is to have a bedroom for their children. You can imagine the kind of situations families find themselves in when a couple spends the night together with their children in the same room and are unable to dress up in the morning to go to work. These are some of the issues that the Affordable Housing Bill seeks to address. If you look at some of the housing projects that have been undertaken, like the one in Pangani, I am happy to note that it is already sold out. You cannot get a unit in Pangani. If these houses are not needed, or if there is no deficit, then who is buying these houses? We have the Starehe Project, which is a mixed-use development project. Every Kenyan would love to walk in, fill a form, and get an affordable schedule or programme where they can own a home. I rise, first of all, to say that the Affordable Housing Bill gives a legal framework for implementation of social housing. If you look at a nation like Somalia, when many were turned into refugees---"
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