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    "id": 809524,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/809524/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Laikipia CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Catherine Waruguru",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13253,
        "legal_name": "Catherine Wanjiku Waruguru",
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    "content": " The Committee also observed that Afrison Import Export Limited has been a past beneficiary of compensation of acquisition of the General Service Unit land and other pieces of land portraying lack of planning and management on compulsory acquisition by the NLC. No transfer of land was made from Afrison to the Government in regard to the GSU housing. This is the second attempt by similar names and same companies purporting to be international squatters or briefcase squatters in the Republic of Kenya. The first time they went with Kshs6 billion on the GSU housing project. Now this is the second time they want to get a primary school. This is the recommendation of the Committee and I stand by it. The mother Ministry of Lands, the National Treasury and the NLC should carry their crosses because Kenyans lost money they were entrusted to safeguard. Therefore, the Office of the Directorate of Criminal Investigation and Ethic and Anti- Corruption Commission should not hesitate to go and recover the money lost in the case. It is very shameful that a Cabinet Secretary, in a matter as important as sugar, cannot appear before a Committee when Kenyans want to be told the truth. When we debate the Ruaraka Land scandal, it is the same names and individuals who initiated and gave ago ahead for the Ruaraka payment to be done. Therefore, nobody is above the law in the Republic of Kenya. In this case, let everybody carry their own crosses. Let John Mbadi, if he is caught, carry his cross. If it is Aden Duale, let him carry his cross. In this case …."
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