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    "id": 809411,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/809411/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 302,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Lungalunga, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Khatib Mwashetani",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2163,
        "legal_name": "Khatib Abdallah Mwashetani",
        "slug": "khatib-abdallah-mwashetani"
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    "content": "covers about 55 acres. When comparing how much was paid for the 13.7 acres and how much was paid for the 55 acres of the GSU, it does not make sense. For the GSU, the owner was paid about Kshs4.5 billion. This payment was not only for the land but also for the houses which were constructed on it. Those houses were sold to the Government but unfortunately it failed to secure the interests of the public by making sure that the title of the GSU land was transferred. The title was not transferred. In accounting, before you do any payment, you have to get the name of the person you are paying. The Kshs3.2 billion was to be paid to Afrison Import Export Ltd and Huelands Ltd., but following the request by the directors, the payment was paid to Whispering Palm Ltd. I am sure we all deal with Government processes. For a Government, before you pay, you have to get the name or the person you are paying for record purposes. At the end of the financial year, you will have to put down what payments you made. That should clearly indicate that the payments were paid to a certain company based on the name of the title that is in question. Contrary to that, there were some communications which were done by the owner who requested that the payment should be made to Whispering Palm. As I said, we are not talking about Kshs1 million; we are talking about Kshs 3.2 billion. How do you request for payments to be done to a different company amounting to Kshs3.2 billion and we know how the Government scrutinises any payments which are done by any entity?"
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