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    "id": 809423,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Soy, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Caleb Kositany",
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        "legal_name": "Caleb Kipkemei Kositany",
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    "content": "the EACC, when we called the Commission to appear before us, they came unprepared and without information. Further to that, they even promised to bring information within seven days. Those seven days have lapsed but they have not brought us any information. When you look at the investigation that was done by this Committee, and I am not saying this because I am a member but because we were sitting there discussing and finding out how taxpayers’ money was used, it was very thorough. Part of the issues that came up is that there are some laws which we have and those gaps were used by people who were looking for ways of taking taxpayers’ money. Paying Kshs3.2 billion for a land that was meant to have been subdivided and public utilities surrendered, did not happen. Even at the time they were acquiring the Ruaraka GSU land, there was no subdivision of this land. And the owner of the land refused to do the subdivision because he knew he would be forced to surrender public utilities. That was in connivance with other members of Government agencies who refused to do the right thing. Going forward, we would like to look at the laws on lease extensions. As it is now, the power to extend leases lies with the National Land Commission. We need that power to be brought to Parliament. Let Parliament be informed of any extension of any lease so that we do not have to keep going back and forth, especially leases of lands that were acquired irregularly in the colonial days. Such land should revert back to the county government concerned. As we go forward, the issue of the ownership of this particular land is still grey. Nobody, not even the EACC, came to us and said this is public land or it belongs to so and so. So we support the report and I want to thank my fellow Committee members for their contribution in this report. Thank you."
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