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    "id": 1416950,
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    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "That observation tells us that the spirit of our bicameral Parliament is such that we are not seen to be constantly fighting and getting into mediation between the two Houses. What we find not fatal in a proposed amendment can be amended in further statutes. For instance, the Committee on Finance and National Planning does not agree with some amendments. However, they have stated in their observations that these things can be cured using the Finance Bill that will be coming shortly. The Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development is also in the process of doing another comprehensive Housing Bill that looks at the entire spectrum of housing. That will be from what Members contributed during our Second Reading of the Affordable Housing Bill. That includes issues concerning rural housing, which I know Prof. Ojiambo Oundo was very keen on. The Ministry is working on a comprehensive Bill that deals with a whole spectrum of housing, from our rural and social housing to the affordable housing we are doing through this Bill. After due consideration between the Committees, the Ministry, and the leadership in the Senate, we have agreed that some of the Committees' reservations can be cured through the statute coming in the name of a Housing Bill that will be tabled before the House. Therefore, we ask Members to adopt the Committees' Report as it is. We will go to the Third Reading and the Committee of the whole House upon conclusion of this debate within the one-hour timeline given for consideration of this Motion, as we said. We could propose that the House agree with the Senate in the amendments; we have the Bill enacted into law now and assented to by the President as you guided, without any undue delay. We have taken note of the few reservations that were there. The Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning has committed that he has taken note of those that will be rectified through the Finance Bill that will be tabled before the end of next month. The Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Housing, Urban Planning and Public Works has taken note of those that will be done through the Housing Bill. A few minor ones can be done through miscellaneous amendments. I am taking them up with the Office of the Attorney-General to ensure they are done. Therefore, in the spirit of bicameralism, we need not get into mediation and fights with our brothers and sisters in the Senate. We should mostly agree with them when we get to the Committee of the whole House. With those few remarks, since time is very limited on this, I beg to move. I ask the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, Hon. Kuria Kimani, my namesake and younger brother, and Member of Molo Constituency, to second."
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