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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Muturi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Justin Bedan Njoka Muturi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I want to begin my contribution by thanking the Mover of this Motion, Mr. J.M. Mutiso, for bringing it before the House. Indeed, as he has stated, if the concept of community housing re-investment was taken on board by the Government, it would have revolutionalized housing not just in the urban areas but also in the rural areas. The Motion calls upon the Government to set up a fund that will help low income earners acquire loans to develop their own houses or purchase existing ones at low interest rates. I think the Mover has ably expounded on the rationale for the introduction of that fund. Why should we call for the establishment of such a fund? Is it a new idea? The answer is \"No\". The idea of establishing such a fund is found in the policy reformulation, which came about with the enactment of the Water Act that saw the setting up of the Water Services Trust Fund. In that Fund are placed both Appropriations from the Government and donations from well-wishers and multilateral or bilateral donors. We have seen what that fund has done in the rural areas, where communities have been sensitised to come up with proposals on funding. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, indeed, I commend the Government for the creation of the existing fund, but unfortunately, it only caters for senior civil servants. Parliament should be commended because it has set a good example. Parliament is leading by example. We came up with a mortgage scheme which caters for both hon. Members and the staff. Indeed, we have gone down to cover even the lowest cadre of parliamentary staff. I urge the Ministry of Housing officials, as they come up with the proposed scheme and fund, to look into the functioning of the Parliamentary Mortgage Scheme. We cannot wait for NGOs to come up with ideas which become so alien, like in the case of the Mathare Upgrading Scheme, because there is nobody to explain to the residents to own up. It is no wonder that we have seen controversy after controversy within the Mathare Upgrading Scheme. 2020 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 12, 2006 It is important, as a country, to have a clear policy that explains what our position is with regard to housing. It is just last year, during the constitutional review process, that we created---"
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