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    "id": 482509,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "work in other countries. Priority must, however, at all times go to the people of Kenya. I am looking at the provision under Regulation 13(4) which states that the Authority may give such exemption to this Regulation. This regulation is about the ratio of ownership of the joint venture. This is a good provision, only that it is important to point out here that as we give that exemption, we also take measures to ensure that it is not abused. On the question of registration of works where it says all construction works, contracts or projects shall be registered with the Authority in accordance with the Act is so important. This will make it possible for us to have a catalogue of what is going on. In a lot of our estates, especially in the major urban centres, construction works have become a labyrinth activity where quality is a second consideration. This regulation is, therefore, so important. I want to speak to Regulation 22 which is on the imposition of the levy. When this Bill came to Parliament, the proposal initially was to have the levy at 0.25 per cent. I brought an amendment which took it to 0.5 per cent. The reason I was doing this was from the awareness that unless you have a regulator who can bite and who has the muscle, you are not going to get anywhere. This is because the construction sector is big. We do not want a scenario where some of the operators in the sector are actually bigger than the regulator. I fully support this requirement that the levy should be 0.5 per cent. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Regulation 23 says that every owner shall notify and submit to the Authority, in a prescribed manner, details of any other contract which--- It is very important that as we go along and look at these regulations, we specify timeframe. Having said that, I am aware that there has been some opposition to these regulations in some quarters, particularly within some county governments. But this is ironically unacceptable. Many county governments like the County Government of Nairobi charge about 1.25 per cent on the cost of construction but other than charging, they do nothing to ensure the quality of the work is up to standard. It will be good to give the National Construction Authority (NCA) teeth to control the sector. With those few remarks, I fully support."
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