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    "id": 954748,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/954748/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugenya, MDG",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
        "slug": "david-ouma-ochieng"
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, two, there is the issue of the National Housing Development Fund which has gone to the courts. It is still being adjudicated. I appreciate the President’s Big Four Agenda and especially housing being at the centre of the same. Think about it this way: In July, 2019, one of our oldest and most prolific cement factories in Kenya announced that it was going to downsize at the level of 600 employees. We have been having a housing boom for 15 years but the cement factory is going down. So, which cement do we use? Mabati Rolling Mills (MRM) and other companies that produce iron sheets are going down but we have a housing boom. Which iron sheets do we use? I do not believe that a housing levy is the solution to the issue of housing in the country. The solution is to encourage more people to construct houses in this country. I am certain that in the next 12 months, all the Members of Parliament will have built a house or two for a widow because we are politicians. However, make it easier for other Kenyans to help other Kenyans have houses. There are old people who do not have money to build houses. I would love a tax regime that allows you to build a house for an old lady or a person who cannot afford to build a house and then you get a tax rebate. If you collect the housing levy and then you use it to buy Chinese cement, Brazilian cement or 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."
}