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    "id": 816574,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/816574/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 97,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Changamwe, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Omar Mwinyi",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1345,
        "legal_name": "Omar Mwinyi Shimbwa",
        "slug": "omar-mwinyi-shimbwa"
    },
    "content": "THAT, residents of the National Housing Corporation Tenants Welfare Association have been tenants in the said estate for a long time and they got into the houses hoping to own them one day; THAT, there has been arbitrary increase of rent by the Management of the Estate leading to disparities despite the houses being similar; THAT, repairs of the said houses are undertaken by tenants themselves other than the contracted cleaning companies of the National Housing Corporation; THAT, the sewer system is messy occasioning tenants to contact individual experts to fix them at a fee and this is too expensive; THAT, further, the roofing material is asbestos which contains hazardous substances that cause cancer and other respiratory ailments; THAT, decisions made by the management are never all-inclusive specifically the on-going constructions in the estate; THAT, currently, there is an on-going construction within the estate which hampers children from playing; THAT, there have been numerous attempts to evict the tenants in the estate for no apparent reason; THAT, efforts to resolve this matter with the relevant Government agencies have been futile; and THAT, the matters presented in this Petition are not pending before any tribunal, court of law or independent body; Therefore, your humble Petitioners pray that the National Assembly, through the Departmental Committee on Lands: Recommends that rent rates be harmonised, disputed arrears be waived, sewer issue be addressed and maintenance of the houses be commenced with immediate effect so that the Petitioners’ plight is addressed; Causes the tenants to be included in key-decision making processes by the Management of National Housing Corporation; Intervenes on the matter to ensure that tenants are allowed to purchase the houses under the NHC Policy Scheme on “Tenant Purchase Option”; and Makes any other order or direction that it deems fit in the circumstances of the matter. And your Petitioners will ever pray."
}