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    "id": 82459,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. C. Kilonzo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 46,
        "legal_name": "Charles Mutavi Kilonzo",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, the second reason why this transaction is suspect is advance payment. On 1st July, 2009, the Government before transfer and registration of the property in October paid 80 per cent of the purchase price. Do you know what the lawyer had to say about that? These were his words:- “In Japan, we do not pay 80 per cent of the purchase price upfront. We usually pay 10 to 20 per cent of the purchase price and pay the balance on the day of changing the registration.” This is what is done even in Kenya. This is historically the common method of transactions. He further warned the mission and the Government that it will not negotiate to change the methods and the way things are commonly done in Japan. When this lawyer asked the Government, and I assume the Ministry officials, why they agreed to that mode of payment, they told him that they trust the owners. That is the excuse that they gave. I want to tell you what one officer said. This is a Mr. Njeru who was with the mission at that time. He cautioned the head office. He said that the legal practitioners that they had already consulted who had been referred by the Tanzanians and other people said that the landlord is not honest in the purchase price. He insisted that they get professionals to assist. That is what was given by the staff within the mission. That advice was rejected. There is a saying that suspicion encourages efficiency. Because of the trust that the Ministry and the officials had on the owner, the Government lost Japanese Yen 1.1 billion."
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