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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I cannot agree more with this Report. First, let me congratulate the Committee. I have been with this Committee in my constituency because of similar land issues. Our Leader of the Majority Party had summarised very nicely that the entire transaction was fraudulent. For the first time, we have seen three or four Government agencies and ministries in collaboration to defraud Kenyans of their money. A few years ago the National Land Commission was in conflict with the Ministry of Lands. Today, and specifically on such transactions, the Ministry of Lands, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, the NLC and the National Treasury are in a very serious collaborative marriage to defraud Kenyans of their money. Any transaction involves a process and authorisation. Any transaction of this magnitude required that this money was budgeted for. All that was not done. The process was not followed. One office of very questionable status is the NLC. I have issues with it concerning Buuri Constituency. We have been trying to look for title deeds for public lands which are as old as 20 or 30 years. But through the NLC, all the titles have disappeared. We are not talking about one acre; we are talking about more than 1,000 acres. I do not want to pre-empt another report concerning my constituency by the same Committee. When they appeared before the Committee, they gave us three names about a transaction of 934 hectares but when they came back to Nairobi, they said that they had no such document. Outrightly, we are dealing with an agency that is the source of corruption in this country. It is questionable. If Swazuri and his team, Rotich and his team and Matiang’i - who was the then Minister of Education - are serious about eradicating corruption in this country, they should step aside. They do not have to wait until this Report leaves the precincts of Parliament. They should hear the cries. The only thing that is left for them is to arrest Members of Parliament on Friday and take them to court on Monday. When it comes to Kshs1.5 billion, they are still asleep and do not even want to appear before the Committees. 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."
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