{"id":170866,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/170866/?format=json","text_counter":778,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"page 46, is that the entire controversy would have been avoided if I was open and transparent. I stood on the Floor of this House and issued a Ministerial Statement, and I explained to hon. Members what was happening. I then gave further clarifications, as required of me. I am not the one who started the rumours on the streets that the hotel had been sold for Kshs1.6 billion. I am not the one who said that the hotel had been sold to Meridian. I am not the one who said it was corruption. All I was asked was: \"Has this happened?\", and I gave the clarification."}