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    "id": 776283,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Oundo",
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        "legal_name": "Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": "The other issue that we need to lay emphasis on is the building or property rights. I have heard the Chairman of the relevant Committee mentioning something about high cost of acquisition of land intended for Government projects. I just hope and wish that the impunity we have seen elsewhere will not be allowed to pervade into this sector to an extent that an individual is deprived of his rights over land and housing simply to allow the Government to undertake projects. That is why we have the Land Value Index Bill, which will come before Parliament. I can assure you that those of us in this sector will scrunitise and interrogate it clearly to avoid cases where property rights are trampled upon. We will only allow the forces of demand and supply to set prices and allocate resources. I appreciate the fact that the low-income earners or the disadvantaged will have a challenge when it comes to accessing housing because in some other spheres, housing is an economic good and it is basically determined by the force of supply and demand. That is why it is upon the Government of the day to intervene for those who cannot afford and provide them with what we call social housing. The purpose of this is not for cost recovery, but for social housing to alleviate challenges of those who cannot afford."
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