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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Mathenge",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Esther Murugi Mathenge",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Today is my lucky day. I support this policy. Maintaining buildings ensures that there is longevity in buildings. It also ensures durability and sustainability. I, therefore, thank the Committee for ensuring that this Sessional Paper has come at this time. I am sure within the policy the safety of users is included. In doing that, it also includes persons with disability and people who need wide spaces or ramps to move their wheelchairs, and those who need bars on the staircases, so that they can have something to hold on to. Maintenance is important in all buildings. It means that those who invest in buildings can have good returns on their investment without spending a lot of money in repairing the buildings if proper maintenance is done. As I listened to the Chairman, he talked of health and looking into dilapidated buildings. I just want to remind him that I brought a petition to this House regarding the use of asbestos. As we know, asbestos cause cancer in most places. I hope the Policy Paper will also address the issue of buildings which still have asbestos, so that we can replace all asbestos to reduce cancer in the country. We know that the cost of treating cancer is much higher than the cost of replacing asbestos roofing or fittings in houses. I also want to commend the Committee. I hope they can also introduce building maintenance in TVET programmes in polytechnics, so that our young people can be retrained on maintenance of buildings. This is a core subject for those who have done Land Economics. When you go out there in the field and you want somebody to maintain your building, many times they do not seem to have the knowhow. You need to incorporate the policy into the curriculum of TVET, so that we can have training on maintenance as a subject. I support the policy. I hope we will see its implementation as soon as possible."
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