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    "id": 721913,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/721913/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kamanda",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 221,
        "legal_name": "Maina Kamanda",
        "slug": "maina-kamanda"
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    "content": "(i) To keep or restore the building and associate infrastructure to current acceptable standards; (ii) to sustain the value of the building; and, (iii)for visual appeal. Building maintenance process includes inspection, testing, planning, organising, servicing, repair, refurbishing, rebuilding, rehabilitation, reclamation, renewal adaption and setting standards. The formation of the National Building and Maintenance Policy is, therefore, justified for the following purposes: (i) Run down investments that are uneconomical and unsustainable. (ii) Existence of multiple registrations on buildings’ maintenance. (iii)Lack of national maintenance policy. (iv) Backlog of maintenance works that is expensive and difficult to clear. (v) Stick buildings that are unhealthy and unsafe. (vi) Decaying environments that contribute to poor health, low productivity and social behavior. (vii)Frequent hazard-related buildings and collapsed buildings. Hon. Speaker, the policy, therefore, guides both public and private organisations that deal with the building environment. The policy will be proactive and will apply at all levels of the Government, namely, the national and county governments as well as in urban and rural areas. It will emphasise and create an enabling environment for planning, budgeting, inspection and management of maintenance work. The policy will ensure compliance with the Constitution. There will be creation of awareness on the importance of benefits of proper maintenance of buildings and related infrastructure. It will help in calculating a maintenance culture. There will be the establishment of efficient, effective and economical use of scarce maintenance resources. It will also enhance the establishment of legal regulatory and institutional framework on building maintenance issues."
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