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    "id": 191332,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "We shall lay our Report on the Table. So, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are issues that we must look into as a country. The Minister for Lands told us - and it is on record - that the Grand Regency was sold for a meagre Kshs1.8 billion! The Minister for Finance said that he sold it at Kshs2.9 billion. The Minister also told the Finance, Planning and Trade Committee that he would never sell the hotel for less than Kshs3 billion. So, where is the extra Kshs100 million? Suppose the property was sold for only Kshs1.8 billion? The land in front of Grand Regency Hotel has been sold to some agents. The asking price is Kshs1.6 billion! So, do you want to tell us that the price of Grand Regency, which is sitting on four acres, is the same as the remaining 2.4 acres of land? Who is fooling who? If the Grand Regency was worth--- If Pattni took from us, as Kenyans, only Kshs2.5 billion in 1994, how is it that we are still getting Kshs2.9 billion from Pattni? Who is fooling who in this country? That is the level of impunity that we must stop! Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we were told by the Receivers - and we were given financial statements - that when they left on 9th April, there was Kshs341 million in the bank. Who has squandered that money? Who has been collecting monies from Hotel Grand Regency since 9th April? That is because Ernst & Young is appointed as a Receiver and not a Receiver-Manager? I saw the document. So, who is the manager and who is collecting the money? Something is wrong and I want to plead with my honourable colleague that: \"This is the time for you to quit. You have to quit!\" If you do not quit, Kenyans will never forgive this Parliament!"
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