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    "id": 1337597,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiambaa, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Njuguna Kawanjiku",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for allowing me to contribute to this Motion as amended by my colleague Hon. Atandi. I support it because it is high time, as a House, we protected Members and the public against shrewd investors. They use their resources to lure many people in the Republic into their schemes, which promise more profits like Cytonn. I support this Motion because I condemn what land grabbers are doing in Mavoko. Kenyans have found themselves between a rock and a hard place. They used their meagre resources or savings to build homes for their families, but they were scammed and have nothing to show for it. I support that the DCI needs to rise to the occasion and deal with those shrewd business people who use their resources and public resources to defraud millions of Kenyans. I saw a woman crying because she had invested all her retirement savings. She cannot afford to buy another piece of land. Those people used their savings to invest in the land. So, the DCI and EACC must rise to the occasion. The directors of those companies drive huge vehicles and own serious homes in Karen, Runda and other posh places at the expense of the citizens of this Republic. Therefore, we call upon the DCI to take action. Those people’s personal accounts, including their spouses’ accounts, should be frozen so that those who have invested money with Cytonn Investments and other companies dealing with land are compensated. Those companies have been using that opportunity to publicise and market their companies and showcase how they assist vulnerable Kenyans to purchase land and even own homes and property. We must also make sure that we put measures immediately. The DCI should rise to the occasion and put up some measures by ensuring that they confiscate their personal properties to become a lesson to them and even to other people in business, not of selling land, but of stealing from citizens. The DCI and EACC must rise to the occasion. I support the Motion. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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