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    "id": 776242,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wamunyinyi",
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        "legal_name": "Athanas Misiko Wafula Wamunyinyi",
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    "content": "The Constitution particularly Article 43 is very clear that every person has a right to accessible and adequate housing and reasonable standards of sanitation. Further, in Article 21, the State shall take legislative policy and other measures including the setting up of standards to achieve the progressive realisation of the rights guaranteed under the Constitution in Article 43. Therefore, this Sessional Paper seeks to put in place measures to implement the provisions of the Constitution. More particularly, it is important for Members to note that if you look at the policy paper, it captures and provides the aim which is very clear to enable the law income households to access housing. The Member for Lang’ata, my younger brother, Nixon Korir, who represents a major slum, mentioned the problems and challenges that are experienced by our people. This is real. Kenyans are expected, as provided in the Constitution, to access reasonable housing. People are living under very deplorable conditions in the slums. They live in shanties and they do not have food. They have nothing. The Government made a good move. The introduction of this Sessional Paper is timely. It seeks to ensure that the people of Kenya access what they are entitled to, as provided in the Constitution. This Paper also proposes the upgrading of slums. This goes towards addressing the same problem - slum improvement including income generating activities that The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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