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    "id": 116506,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/116506/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Oburu",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 194,
        "legal_name": "Oburu Ngona Odinga",
        "slug": "oburu-odinga"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, on 12th November, 2009, hon. Affey sought a Ministerial Statement on the circumstances surrounding the freezing of bank accounts at the Crown Agency Bank Limited in London on 23rd October, 2009 following a court order. He specifically sought to know:- (a) how much money is held in the bank accounts. (b) for what purposes the Government put the money there. (c) which companies have taken the Government to court. (d) why they found it necessary to go to court. (e) an assurance that the Kenya High Commission in London will not be threatened by any such court actions emanating from these cases. Mr. Speaker, Sir, accordingly, I wish to make the following Statement: In April 1998, the Government of Kenya, acting through the Ministry of Finance, contracted M/s SWIPO-SA to verify imports into Kenya and also to verify work which was being undertaken by Pre-Shipment inspection companies. This responsibility was later transferred from SWIPO-SA to Inspection Control Services (ICS), a company incorporated in England and Wales through a Novation Agreement signed in May, 1999."
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