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Parliament gets court’s nod to proceed with housing bill
The High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the Affordable Housing Bill, 2023 saying there was adequate public participation before the Bill was passed.
Mr Lawrence Omule Apiyo moved to court last year saying the process was rushed without meaningful and adequate public participation.
Parliament passed the Bill last month, which was re-introduced after the High Court quashed section 84 of the Finance Act, 2023 which introduced the Affordable Housing Levy for lack of a legal framework.
Read: High Court quashes Housing Levy
The new Bill establishes the Affordable Housing Fund, which will be financed through a 1.5 percent housing levy on gross salaries.
“This court concurs with the respondents on their position that the petition herein breached the principle of ripeness as the petitioner presumed that the 3rd respondent intended to conduct public participation through one mode, which is through submission of memoranda when he filed this petition,” Justice Mwanaisha Sharrif said.
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The judge noted that public hearings and consultations with stakeholders and experts were concluded on January 30 and Affordable Housing Bill has already undergone a second reading before parliament and MPs endorsed it.
Justice Sharrif said public participation conducted by Parliament was effective and constitutionally compliant.
She said the Bill will provide a legal framework upon which the government will implement the Affordable Housing Levy and that the clerk of the National Assembly invited stakeholders and technical experts on January 12 and there were public hearings in 20 counties.
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According to the petitioner, there was no awareness, involvement and feedback mechanism but what happened was a cosmetic public participation.
He added that the government had no intention of facilitating adequate and effective public participation.
Housing PS Charles Hinga said the government sought to provide a legal framework for the Housing Levy after the High Court declared section 84 of the Finance Act unconstitutional.
Mr Hinga added that the petition wanted to scuttle a constitutional process, yet the government was planning construct four million houses at the end of the current term.
The PS added that the submission of memoranda was just one of the ways used for public participation.
The bill is currently before the Senate for constitutional assent as it affects counties.
smundu@ke.nationmedia.com
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