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"speaker_name": "Hon. Rigathi Gachagua",
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"content": "its achievements is annexed herewith as Annexure RG 12. It is in the public domain that Pastor Dorcas has been around the country in an effort to rehabilitate drug addicts and helping others who have challenges. There are many other companies that are here, but because this is a House of Records, I do not want to bother the Members of Parliament by going through all of them. I will only talk about Wamunyoro Investments Limited, named after my village of Wamunyoro. This company was incorporated 21 years ago before I became the Deputy President. It is a company that holds family property. I have been accused of exerting influence on officials in the Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development to issue an allotment letter to Wamunyoro Investments Limited. Additionally, I have been accused of using the fraudulently acquired documents in support of a court case. My response is that I wish to confirm that Wamunyoro Investments Limited has never been issued with any letter of allotment for land in Embakasi. Wamunyoro Investments Limited purchased this land from a third party in 2012. The company's ownership of this property has been confirmed through two legal processes. One, a case was filed before the National Land Commission (NLC) in 2016, adjudicated and a determination was made that this property belongs to Wamunyoro Investments Limited. That was long before I became the Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya. Again, a matter was filed in High Court case ELC case number E242 of 2022, before I became Deputy President. All the documents filed in support of this case were filed in court before I became Deputy President. Further, no documents have been filed by myself in court upon becoming Deputy President. This being the case, it is not true that I have used my office as, Deputy President, to manufacture documents filed in this matter. High Court found that this land legally belongs to Wamunyoro Investments Limited and issued with the appropriate direction. This matter has since been challenged in the Court of Appeal. I invite any honourable Member who may want to be enjoined in this case to have the liberty to do so. Hon. Speaker, I have been accused in the irregular procurement of mosquito nets at a cost of Ksh3.7 billion. In response to Paragraph 45 of Ground 7 on page 23 and 42 and Paragraph 78 of Ground 11 on page 36, 37 and 42 of the impeachment Motion, I wish to respond as follows: It is not true, as claimed in Paragraph 3 of the witness affidavit of Andrew Mulwa, that I was involved in the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) Ksh3.7 billion irregular procurement of malaria nets, either directly or through proxy. Further, Shobikaa Impex Private Limited was not awarded the subject tender. The Acting Director of Procurement, Dr Justice Kinoti, by letter 5th May 2023, formally notified Shobikaa Impex Private Limited that its bid was unsuccessful because its tender security was not paginated and the tender was hence non-responsive. That is clear at Paragraph 4 of the witness affidavit of Andrew Mulwa. He contradicts himself by claiming that on 11th July 2023, I pressured him to surrender the original bid bond, yet by the letter dated 5th May 2023, KEMSA had requested for collection of the original bid. Thus, there was no cause for pressure to be exerted on Mr Mulwa for any other purpose. I am aware of a foreign company known as Shobikaa Impex Private Limited, domiciled in India. This is the company that appointed Crystal Kenya Limited as its local agent in the year 2014, that is, eight years before Rigathi Gachagua became the Deputy President. To date, Crystal Kenya Limited has complied with the agency terms between itself and Shobikaa Impex Private Limited. Annexed hereto and marked as Annex RG 18 in an appointment agency letter by Shobikaa Impex Private Limited in the year 2014. Sometime in 2023, KEMSA advertised tender number GF ATM MAL NFM-2022/2023 for supply of long-lasting insecticidal nets using the international open tendering method of procurement on behalf of the Global Fund. The monies for supply of the nets, as per my understanding, was a pure grant from the Global Fund. I am aware that Shobikaa Impex Private Limited still participates in doing business with and has not been debarred by the Global Fund to date. I believe, being technically qualified to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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