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    "id": 58780,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/58780/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Lands",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 129,
        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
        "slug": "james-orengo"
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    "content": "Let me give a practical example. There is a family that came to the Lands Office and bought land after they had done a search. The owner of that land was a company known as Biva Properties Limited, if my memory serves me right. Somebody had gone to the Companies Registry and replaced that particular file with another file, with a new list of Directors. So, when the mother came to the Ministry of Lands, since we do not keep a list of directors, when the search was done, it was found to be legitimate according to the records. However, those records were not accurate. This family spent over Kshs140 million after doing a search within my Ministry. Now a search alone cannot confirm or authenticate that a title deed which has been fraudulently acquired is actually a proper title deed. That is why, even under the Registration of Titles Act, there are provisions about how you treat titles that have been fraudulently acquired, or if there is an error on the face of that title deed. Therefore, you must always obey the legal principle to the effect that caveat emptor, buyer has to be aware. You have to go the extra mile to make sure that whatever you are buying is not based on fraudulent title."
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