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    "id": 1392365,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marakwet West, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Timothy Kipchumba",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman, for the chance to contribute on Senate amendments. I support the amendments, but I have few reservations. I support to the extent that there is a formation of a county committee. However, if you read provisions of Clause 31G, it says nothing in this Act shall preclude county governments from enacting legislation related to affordable housing in their counties. That means we are opening a Pandora's Box. We are opening avenues for the 47 county governments to make legislations in respect to affordable housing. That is a recipe for conflict because if the 47 counties are allowed to enact specific legislation on the Affordable Housing Programme, despite the existence of a uniform law—the Affordable Housing Bill, which will soon become an Act—it could lead to interpretation nightmares. There is a possibility of conflicts arising with different county governments creating varying legislation on this subject. It is something that we must look at critically as a House so that we have one uniform legislation providing for formation of county committees, and we avoid a situation where each county government makes a specific legislation on the Affordable Housing Programme. Hon. Temporary Chairman, that is my submission."
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