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    "id": 776284,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/776284/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Oundo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13331,
        "legal_name": "Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": "The other area which seems to have been disregarded over the years is rural housing. Many of us have always believed that rural areas have no housing challenges. I can assure you that in many places in this country, the rural folks have a challenge of housing. On many occasions, we have been called upon to assist in construction of houses for the elderly, the disadvantaged in society and persons living with disability. I would have wished that the Government and the said Department of Housing and Urban Development looks beyond urban dwellers and generally tries all it can to allocate adequate resources towards housing in the rural areas. Many rural areas have no security of tenure, so to speak. They have no collateral to enable them access financing. So, they are basically left to their own devices. Of course, a few weeks ago, I cannot remember whether it was the other weekend or not, there was a comedy in the newspaper where an honorable Member of this House alighted from a helicopter to go and construct a mud-walled structure. That is the comedy and tragedy we have in the rural areas."
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