{"id":13575,"date":"2024-03-04T11:59:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T11:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=13575"},"modified":"2024-03-04T11:59:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T11:59:07","slug":"kisumu-high-court-dismisses-challenge-against-affordable-housing-bill-procession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=13575","title":{"rendered":"Kisumu High Court Dismisses Challenge Against Affordable Housing Bill Procession"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/high-court.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/high-court.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/high-court-480x240.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 700px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday, March 4, the High Court in Kisumu made a pivotal ruling by rejecting a petition aimed at halting the procession of the Affordable Housing Bill. This decision effectively cleared the path for the National Assembly and Senate to resume deliberations on the Bill, paving the way for its potential enactment into law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the legal hurdle removed, lawmakers can now proceed with the legislative process, debating the merits and provisions of the Affordable Housing Bill. The court&#8217;s decision signifies a significant development in the advancement of housing policy in the country, allowing for continued discussions and potential implementation of measures aimed at addressing housing challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Court was told that National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung&#8217;wah tabled the Bill to Parliament on December 4, 2023, before it underwent its first reading on December 7, 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, March 4, the High Court in Kisumu made a pivotal ruling by rejecting a petition aimed at halting the procession of the Affordable Housing Bill. This decision effectively cleared the path for the National Assembly and Senate to resume deliberations on the Bill, paving the way for its potential enactment into law. With [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":13577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,3,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-news","category-political-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/high-court.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13575"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13578,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13575\/revisions\/13578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}