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    "id": 235446,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/235446/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Shaaban",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Local Government",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 262,
        "legal_name": "Isaack Shaban",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The criteria used to increase City Council house rents are as follows. There was survey and comparison of house rents of similar houses in the City with market rates. Market surveys indicated that City Council rates were reasonably below the market rates. A two-bedroomed council house in Jericho or Lumumba in Makadara Constituency was previously at Kshs900 per month. After the increment it is now at Kshs1,260 per month, while a similar house in the private sector in the neighbourhood is at Kshs3,000 per month per room, meaning a rent of Kshs6,000 per month per house. There was a break-away from the traditional poor maintenance of the houses due to the unviable rent of Kshs900. (b) No sustainable rehabilitation programme has been undertaken. This was due to the unviable rents charged. However, routine maintenance has been carried out as per individual tenant's request."
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