{"id":104371,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/104371/?format=json","text_counter":396,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Orengo","speaker_title":"The Minister for Lands","speaker":{"id":129,"legal_name":"Aggrey James Orengo","slug":"james-orengo"},"content":" Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I, for one, have said many times that land is being used as currency; people are turning land into ready cash, and that must be stopped. I want to invite my learned friend, Ms. Karua, to look at the memorandum that I wrote last year in which I came to the conclusion that this particular transaction, long before anybody else asked this Question, was tainted with fraud and that I was not convinced that there was full disclosure. I directed that a restriction be put on the property with a view of cancelling the extension of lease which was obtained by deceit and fraud. Those were my words. So, I am on the road towards that direction. But I want to undertake due diligence, so that I am not accused of---"}