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    "id": 1418285,
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    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": "In as much as they had given us a very clean bill of health at that time, where is the consumer today? This is the question that all of us would be asking the Competition and Markets Authority. Today, things are not the way they were. As we bring this Report, it is important for us to always question how we would explain it in terms of the current times. As we give this to Kenyans, we must tell them that these are reports for financial years 2017/2018 and 2018/2019. Therefore, when people hear of good reports, they should not question Parliament. They can see how things are tough. The economy is struggling. It is recovering at a slow pace. The exchange rate of the US Dollar to the Kenya Shilling is very high. On page 98 of the Report, we have an issue of the East African Portland Company. There is a case which I do not know whether they have finalized or not. They have explained how everything is happening in Portland and more importantly, the issue of land and particularly, the Mavoko parcel of land where people lost property. They say they will sell the said land. How I wish they could have given us a better response by saying that they are going to sell the land to the people who are now living there. The land was infested by illegal grabbers, but some are not grabbers. They have been put in that situation by some of us. As the Corporation sells the land at the said price, I hope the Committee will visit and look at it properly. They can sell the land and find themselves in the same crisis that was there. I wish the Committee can visit the said land first because you can sell the land and find yourselves in the same crisis as before. So that we do not go back to what we saw, it is important to ensure that they give the first opportunity to the people who are living on that land. After selling the land by public tender as it is stated, ensure that what is sold comes and inject more financial support to the East African Portland Cement Company. I thank the Committee because the Report is flowing, and it is looking at the management response. I wish the Secretariat could assist such that from observations, they can do a small summary to clearly explain. For example, the management response on the land explains well the LR Number and the portion which has since been transferred to the Kenya Commercial Bank and all the details. However, in the second part, ‘Further, on all the remaining parcels…’ One would ask, which ones? Could it be LR Number 907? The company is at an advanced discussion with the national Government on building synergy and alignment of the company’s strategic objectives with the development agenda. It is too huge. You even wonder how you can explain that to Kenyans."
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