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    "id": 659986,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, in 2004, the late Hon. Shitanda was appointed to the Cabinet as an Assistant Minister for Public Service in the Office of the President. He was later elevated to the position of Minister for Housing in 2005, a portfolio he held until March 2013. The late Hon. Shitanda will be remembered for instituting various strategic reforms regarding housing for civil servants while at the helm of the Ministry of Housing. He introduced a housing scheme for civil servants. He streamlined and reorganised the National Housing Corporation to enable it to undertake more housing projects and hence bridge the housing deficit for civil servants. He also foresaw the implementation of the National Housing Policy and the Kenya Slum Upgrading Programme across the country. Until the time of his demise, the late Hon. Shitanda was the Chairman of the Agricultural Development Corporation (ADC). Hon. Members, on behalf of all Members of the National Assembly, Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) and, indeed, on my own behalf, I wish to convey our condolences to his family, family friends and the people of Malava Constituency for the great loss. As the National Assembly, we assure the family of our support during this period of grief. In honour of the exemplary and illustrious service rendered to the nation and society by the late Hon. Shitanda, I now request that we all stand to observe a minute of silence."
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