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    "id": 1057812,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
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    "content": "residents were against this buying were confirmed by the Committee when we went down to the ground. We had sessions with the governor and his team. However, when we went to the ground to confirm whether the building was worth the Kshs570 million, it was shocking to find that it was dilapidated and had not been inhabited by anybody for over 10 years because of the state it was in. When we talked to the bank manager, it was surprising that they had been trying to sell the building for a long time. The complainers brought forward to the Committee the fact that an earlier bid for the sale was Kshs200 million, based on what they received as deposit of 10 per cent, which was Kshs20 million. That was three years. Therefore, the question was whether within three years, the value of the building had risen from Kshs200 million to Kshs570 million. I thank the Committee for listening to both sides, that is, the governor and his team and the petitioners. They confirmed for themselves the fears of the residents that the valuation that was done later was not correct. It is true that the county government received some valuation, but was it correct? Can a value of a property in the current state we are in change from Kshs200 million to Kshs570 million within a short time? The fears were confirmed by the Committee. I thank the Chair of the Committee, Sen. Kibiru, and his Committee for doing an excellent job. I thank Sen. Omanga and Sen. Nyamunga for walking all the steps in that building. They walked to the rooftop of the building and gave a report that it was too dilapidated to be worth the money, and is not worth to be used as office space. It may have to be brought down before constructing a new building. Therefore, Kshs570 million was in excess. I thank them for doing the work diligently. I believe that the petitioners have gotten a fair conclusion out of the decision by the Committee that the County Government of Uasin Gishu should never buy the NBK building."
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