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    "id": 1185895,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda, SC",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is good that Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale is falling into the bracket of rumour-mongers and individuals who speak to facts that they cannot verify and that is unfortunate. May I remind you that Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale is referring to a report that was released in 2018. That report was released to the public without an investigation or interrogation on Mumias Sugar Company then. The report stated that a sum of Kshs200 million had been deposited to my account and the account of Dr. Evans Kidero. I do not know where that came from. At the time in question, I was a lawyer in the panel of Mumias Sugar Company. The total legal budget of Mumias Sugar Company for the 13 law firms in the panel was Kshs50 million per year. I had been in the panel of Mumias Sugar Company for about five years. Even if I was the only law firm paid for defending cases, that would have been Kshs150 million. The total sum of money paid to my law firm by Mumias Sugar Company in the entire period that I defended Mumias Sugar Company was Kshs50 million for about eight years. Against that, the company owes me in excess of Kshs150 million unpaid to date and in respect of which there is a receivership proceedings going on. The Senator for Kakamega has no facts. He is behaving like any other politician who is rumour-mongering in the marketplace. Senator, just get the facts. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issue in question was investigated by Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to finality. It was a subject of litigation in court, decisions were made on that question. This has questions of facts. You cannot carry Kshs200 million in a bag. There has to be a transfer process. There has to be transactions and it is very easy to trace. The Senator knows that that is the procedure. I will invite you, Senator for Kakamega County, to visit me and I will show you the way. The people of Mumias Sugar Company have benefited from the legal services rendered by my law firm and at a fair gross under value for services. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, you have commented on Dr. Kidero and the suit. There was a defamation suit between Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale and Dr. Kidero, those are matters that are in court---"
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