{"id":81355,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/81355/?format=json","text_counter":68,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Dr. Otichilo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":131,"legal_name":"Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa","slug":"wilber-ottichilo"},"content":"asked the Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology - (a) why the management of Maseno University irregularly procured a house in Kisumu from Mr. Jaswant Singh and Mrs. Harjeet Kaur Sokhi at a cost of Kshs.125 million even when the expenditure was not in the approved budget for the university for the year 2010/2011; b) to explain why the final payment of Kshs.112,000,000 was paid directly to the vendor and not through their advocate and whether the university will be required to pay the vendor’s lawyers separately; and, (c) whether the property was valued by a competent valuer and what measures the Minister will take against the university management personnel involved in the transaction."}