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    "id": 1386800,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1386800/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13162,
        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "that at the Third Reading Stage, any Member has a right to rise and make amendments subject to certain consultations with the Chair of the respective Committee. However, does it take away the right of the public to be part of the decisions we make? Does it take away the constitutional responsibility to ensure that we inject the views and voice of the public into what we do? I think this is a fairly dangerous amendment because it comes from a position of want; a position that we are in and that could be easily solved in five or 10 years. Once the situation has been solved in 10 years and every Kenyan has access to affordable housing; even if they are not bought from this project, there are those who come from communities like mine--- I am still speaking to this amendment--- There are certain cultural dimensions to home ownership that we do not take into account when we are legislating. We think that everyone comes from Singapore and South Korea, but we come from Kenya. In my community, when a boy gets to the age of 18 or 19, he is compelled to build his first house called a Simba . About 90 percent of men in my community have access to houses---"
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