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    "id": 960781,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kandara, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Alice Wahome",
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        "legal_name": "Alice Muthoni Wahome",
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    "content": "The developers have a big challenge on how to deal with buyers. The off-plan purchase that Hon. Mbadi referred to is an area that needs to be scrutinised and tacked properly in law. Many times, it is after the structure has come up that you will tell whether a particular land parcel is genuine. Kenyans are very naive. They prefer going directly to the developers, pay the deposit even without consulting lawyers or seeking legal advice and fall into the wrong hands. Therefore, the process of agreements being required as part of registration documentation has not been the case before. It is a very new innovation, according to the Bill. It is a welcome proposal. The most important thing is: At what stage should off-plan sales be allowed in law? I would like to see - and I hope the Chair is noting my point - off-plan purchase allowed at a certain stage when buildings have taken off. That can be controlled under the statute, so that we may propose when the off-plan purchases can be allowed, like when the building is 30 per cent completion after commencement of construction. This will enable people to assess the capacity of the developers. We have seen many of them take money and promise to hand over a flat in two years, but that does not happen even ten years down the line."
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