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    "id": 145099,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Shitanda",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Soita Shitanda",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are, currently, collaborating with various agencies in trying to do research on various forms of building materials. These agencies include our universities. However, we have had a major hindrance in the use of alternative building materials, because of the Building Code that we have been using, which was developed in 1968. My Ministry is in the process of making changes to the Building Code. In fact, there is a committee that was put in place by the Prime Minister. The Committee was given up to 24th August, 2009 to come up with a draft building code that would enable the use of alternative building materials in our urban and rural areas. As for research, many of our universities are involved in a series of research programmes. However, issues of funding have always cropped up. We have made the necessary proposals to Treasury about the need to fund research, especially in the building sector. My Ministry has even gone ahead and set aside some land in Mavoko, where we intend to put up a building research centre, so that we can carry out these programmes and see if we can avail to the market alternative forms of building technology."
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