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    "id": 82495,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Foreign Affairs",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, where the mission is located is not a Ruai. There is a google message here that states: We are located in Meguro Ward of Tokyo, described as hosting 15 missions and one of Tokyo’s most exlusive residential neighbourhoods is located in this area. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we inquired from the Japanese Government and they wrote to us and said the following--- You remember the Chairman saying that the embassy is located in an area where only Rwanda is another embassy. They say this area hosts 15 embassies of the following countries: Algeria, Azhabaijan, Bangladesh, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Cyprus, Nepal, Poland, Senegal, Sudan, Uzebekhstan and Papua New Guinea. It is certainly not a Ruai. On the transaction and value, there is a valuation on this property from the Government valuer, a Mrs. Kimondiu. She gives the value of the property as Kshs1,241,045,231,000. Then she says the value of the buildings on it is Kshs129,906,834. Value and price are not necessarily the same, as you have seen in the case of Nigeria. Negotiations were done and the property was eventually bought at a price of Kshs1,431,000,000, which represented a valuation. But the process of procuring, if it has questions, I agree with this hon. House that it must be investigated. There are issues that have been raised. One is the presence of two sale agreements. Even if we justify and explain, people will want to know a lot more about that. I have invited KACC to investigate. I will welcome the outcome. Two, although I have received from the Government of Japan explanations about payments and cash payments, there is a letter from the bank where the money was paid; that, although the cheque was cashed, the money went into the vendor’s account. I would be interested to know like Kenyans are asking, how can you draw a cheque of Kshs1 billion cash? I am also interested in knowing this. Kenyans have also asked: How did our officers go to the bank? I also want to know. They have told me why they went to the bank but it does not end with me. I also want to know why officers of our embassy were seen in the bank with the owner of the property when they were paying. These are issues that are not limited to me. They are matters of public interest. I think this House will be doing this country a very great favour to ensure that these questions are answered. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the chairman of the Committee did say that he met in Japan the owner of the property who sold it to Kenya and in a discussion, he said this property would be worth only Kshs600 million. The man googled our website and on reading what the Chairman has filed in his report, voluntarily wrote a letter saying that at no time did he ever tell the Chairman of the Committee that his property was worth only Kshs600 million."
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