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    "id": 719503,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kaluma",
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        "id": 1565,
        "legal_name": "George Peter Opondo Kaluma",
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    "content": "was Twiga Chemicals at Kshs230 million, of course, there were other lesser ones. The bid was won. When Spectre International went to take over the plant upon paying the deposit which was required, it was told: “You bought the plant, not the land below it.” Then, we went to court. Lawyers in Parliament today will tell you. We went to court saying: “There is no way you can buy the Molasses Plant without buying the land on which it stands. It goes together.” There is no way you can be told you bought Parliament Buildings without the land around it. Do you know during that time courts were not independent institutions like we have now? The court actually told us: “You bought the plant, go and take them and go with them – not the land.” Of course, the Molasses Plant rusts for years. Another bid was called and, of course, we have a situation where it succeeded. We bid again and Spectre International succeeded. Despite that, when the Ndung’u Commission sat, we were told the land was irregularly acquired through a public auction. If you are a genuine investor in a privatisation scheme and you buy a property legitimately through a public auction, like Spectre International, it should be respected. It is because of that, that you still get people talking politics about irregular acquisition and so on, not having sneaky ways of politicians engaged in businesses like the leaders we have in the country today, creating easy avenues to privatise public assets without public participation and without the representatives of Parliament. I oppose this Privatisation (Amendment) Bill. If it will not succeed, I will amend it to zero. I thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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