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    "id": 809407,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Rachael Nyamai",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13374,
        "legal_name": "Richard Ken Chonga Kiti",
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    "content": "Physical Planning and later to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. There is no effort being made to make sure that subdivision happens and to make sure that Government is holding some documents. In light of paragraph 14, the Committee also observed that although the Government had paid Afrison Import Export Ltd and Huelands Ltd Kshs4.37 billon for portions of LR. No 7879/4, no transfer of ownership has been made to the Government and in particular to the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government has never acquired the title document for the portion of land where the 197 GSU houses are located even though payments had been made. This is a substantial amount of money. This money has already gone. The Government cannot show any evidence of a title deed. The Committee further noted in relation to the land in question, that the National Land Commission failed to secure the interests of the Government in the land compulsorily acquired in terms of the formal taking of possession of the documents of title on the land for them to show that they are working in the interest of the country and the common mwananchi . The Committee observed that although the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission got this information early enough, we felt that they did not act as fast as they should have to save Government money. Further, the Committee observed that the Commission paid Kshs1.5 billion to Whispering Palms and Company Limited and not Afrison Import Export Ltd and Huelands Ltd following a request by the directors of Afrison Import Export Ltd. The Committee observed with concern that although Whispering Palms and Company Limited is also owned by the directors of Afrison Export Import Limited, the change of payment details was suspicious, especially happening at the last minute and noting that this is a land transaction matter. We felt that this was not in good faith. Indeed, the Committee observed that the Managing Director of Afrison Import Export Ltd and Huelands Ltd, Mr. Francis Mburu, had confirmed that the change of bank details at the last minute was necessitated by personal commitments the companies had with the bank. The Committee noted that it would have had some implications. The Committee also observed that evidence presented indicated that LR. No. 7879/4 belonged to Afrison Import Export and Huelands Ltd save for the contradiction that an allotment letter had been issued to Ruaraka High School by the Commissioner of Lands. However, it is important to look at the circumstances which made the land to remain with the said company. The Committee further observed that there was a deliberate lack of consultation and coordination by the NLC, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and the Nairobi County Government. We felt that this may have been deliberate because the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning itself was in the dark on what was happening to these two schools. There was no letter that was copied to them. In the same spirit of deliberately not sharing information, the two schools were not aware that their land was being compulsorily acquired by the Government. Article 201(e) of the Constitution provides that financial management shall be responsible and fiscal reporting must be clear. The Committee observed that the National Treasury approved the spending of Kshs1.5 billion, being the amount paid to Afrison Export Import Ltd and Huelands Ltd. It was not provided for in the annual Estimates but was in the second Supplementary Budget. The question is: Was this a necessity? Was it a matter that was of urgency? Would it wait to be budgeted for? Was it really an emergency for it to be paid for The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}