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    "id": 645628,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kembi-Gitura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "James Kembi Gitura",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to start by thanking the Chairman and his Committee for the expeditious manner in which they have dealt with this issue which was of grave concern to me and the people of Murang’a County. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this statement raises several important issues. I will start from where the Chairman ended because on the issue of the purchase of 34 acres of land for Kshs340 million, meaning that each acre was bought for Kshs10 million, whereas valuation was less than Kshs2 million per acre, on that specific issue alone, the Committee, chaired by Sen. Musila, found that due to the complex nature of this land purchase transaction, the Committee recommends that the PPOA and EACC investigates this matter and reports to the Senate on the outcome of the investigations. That is the importance of this matter. The Committee dealt with and finalized the issue once and for all like Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o’s Committee has found. So, this is not an issue that is going to be reopened. What I wanted to know from this committee is this: Is this Committee going to refer the issue to the relevant institutions of this country; the EACC and PPOA, to decide on whether to charge or whether or not the Kshs340 million expropriated from the people of Murang’a County will be refunded? Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the Ninth Parliament with Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale and others, I sat in the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and these are the most powerful watchdog committees of Parliament. I do recall that PAC did on several occasions, or at least had the power to order that the person affected be found not to be fit and proper person to hold public office. That is where we have strong public accounts committees. I really appreciate that the Committee is going to call the Governor of Murang’a County and that it is going to be an open forum and we are going to raise these issues with him including“ Shilingi kwa shilingi ”, the splitting of tenders so that they do not extend beyond Kshs4 million in which case, there will be a public tender because there are many ways of skinning a cat and even avoiding the law. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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