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    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti South, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Kiarie",
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    "content": "Finally, I would like to comment on the curious case of Articles 2 and 3. In this Report, you are going to notice that there was Ksh6 billion that had been committed to repurchase Telkom from Helios back to the country. I am currently sitting as the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Communication, Information and Innovation and I can report to the House that today, the legal status of Telkom, an asset that belongs to the people of Kenya, sits in abeyance. Today, no one can tell you the actual legal status of this very important asset called Telkom. In the dying minutes of the last administration, there had been a change of ownership that was extremely curios because it was happening four days before the election and around 10 days after the election. There was change of money, money that was finding its way from whomever it was finding its way from, coming into Kenya and being expatriated to safe havens, some in the Cayman Islands and others to some strange places. Ultimately, I believe that a forensic audit will lift the veil so that we can see who was receiving the money at this very curious time when Kenya was in between transition. As the Chair of the Departmental Committee for Communication, Information and Innovation, I would like to report to this House that we shall undertake an inquiry that shall unveil the secrecy on how Telkom was changing hands from Kenya to foreigners and then a pseudo-sale was not an actual sale that occasioned the loss of over Ksh6 billion. To make it worse, this was being paid under the provisions of Articles 2 and 3, something that is unexplainable. So, when we start out on this inquiry, I would like to ask Members to contribute any information they have because it will be helpful for us unveiling this curious transaction. Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I beg to support."
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