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    "id": 721972,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wangwe",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Emmanuel Wangwe",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Allow me to support the Motion. This Sessional Paper looks at the hard work that an engineer has put in, in constructing a building which is occupied, but is never maintained. Why is it that our buildings are not maintained? Over time, we have witnessed construction of new buildings with no clear policy governing maintenance. County governments and the national Government do not have proper guidelines on what to do once a building is due for maintenance. Once this policy comes into place, county governments and the national Government will have opportunity to monitor and control buildings that are due for maintenance. Those who are occupying Harambee Plaza passed through hell in the first three years of the 11th Parliament because all the lifts were not functioning. The owner of the building left us with old and dilapidated lifts. That issue can now be addressed using this policy. We now have a fall back upon which to ask the national Government to inspect buildings to make lives easier and affordable. A building is a form of capital or wealth. Anyone who constructs a building value themselves to a certain extent. Once a building next to yours is of lesser face value, the face value of your building will also be pegged on the same category during valuation. Therefore, by providing for a common playground, if landlords comply, there will be universal acceptance in terms of valuation of buildings. Those who will be within a particular range will have to abide by certain standards in that area."
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