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    "id": 246327,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Weya",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 304,
        "legal_name": "Sammy Arthur Weya",
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    "content": "We should be a first hand society. Tanzanians and Ugandans who are our neighbours are producing June 21, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1499 more cotton than us and, yet, we say our economy is doing better than theirs. Why is it that we are unable to produce sufficient cotton for the AGOA market? Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minister said that the Government has set aside Kshs400 million for resettlement of victims of tribal clashes. He said land would be purchased for resettling those people. It is sad that a politically-correct individual has already negotiated with the Government to buy his land. From the information in our possession, there is a farm in Molo District which will be sold to the Government at Kshs320 million instead of Kshs120 million. That is where the Government is planning to resettle victims of tribal clashes. Who will benefit in the long run? Definitely, it is the owner of that piece of land because he will make a whooping Kshs200 million profit. If you scrutinise the Printed Estimates, you will see that politically-correct individuals have already negotiated to sell their pieces of land to the Government at very high price. This is of great concern to us and we need to get independent valuers. They should value that land and establish its owners. We want this exercise done in a transparent manner. We should not just fix a figure for the sake of it. How did they arrive at a sum of Kshs400 million for resettlement of squatters? Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) is hiding behind a wall. We are financing them from this House and yet, we are not getting results. We are told cases are being investigated for two to three years. Something should be done to ensure those cases do not drag on for too long. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support."
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