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    "content": "(g) His Excellency Rigathi Gachagua acquired 80 acres of land in Meru County. (h) His Excellency Rigathi Gachagua acquired a dairy farm in Nyandarua County. (i) Additionally, His Excellency Rigathi Gachagua used his office of Deputy President to exert influence and connive with unscrupulous Ministry of Lands officials to issue an allotment letter to Wamunyoro Investments Limited, a company that he owns to acquire LR.209/12077 and LR.90923, situated at Embakasi in Nairobi whose value is estimated at KShs1.5 billion or thereabouts. After that, this company used the fraudulently acquired documents to support a court case at the expense of the legitimate owner of the property. (j) Moreover, companies associated with His Excellency Rigathi Gachagua and his proxies were involved in the KEMSA KShs.3.7 billion irregular procurement of Malaria nets that put the lives of millions of Kenyans at risk. (k) In addition, His Excellency Rigathi Gachagua has used the office of Deputy President to corruptly influence unnecessary and expensive renovation of his official residence in Karen and Mombasa running into millions of shillings. In essence, His Excellency Rigathi Gachagua has chosen personal comfort, extreme luxury, and pomposity at the expense of service delivery to the people of Kenya. (l) Images of some of the properties that His Excellency Rigathi Gachagua has acquired from proceeds of corruption, influence peddling, and money laundering have been provided and relate to the following— (1) Treetops Hotel in Nyeri County. (2) Outspan Hotel located in Aberdare Ranges. (3) Olive Gardens hotel Argwings Kodhek Road. (4) Vipingo Beach Resort. Additionally, His Excellency Rigathi Gachagua has the following proxy companies to trade with the office he holds – (a) AgroBriq Investment Limited It is a private limited company incorporated in Kenya on 28th May, 2017 under certificate number PVT-RXUP6E. The company deals in building and construction. The company’s directors/shareholders are— (i) Rudani Mayurkumar Mahendrabhai. (ii) Patel Ankitkumar Hasmukhbhai, a non-Kenyan national. The company operates a bank account (number withheld for data protection reasons) at Sidian Bank, opened on 19th February, 2022, with the company directors as the account signatories. On 18th October, 2022, Bhavika Nathalal Hirani was added as an account signatory and given full mandate to operate the account. Bhavika Nathalal Hirani is a proxy of His Excellency Rigathi Gachagua. On 23rd January, 2023, the company account received a transfer of KShs47,015,367.75 from the Executive Office of the Deputy President. The payment was supported by— (a) Notification of Award Letter Ref ODP/ADM.1/57 Vo.IV (70) dated 16th December, 2022 from the Office of the Deputy President to Agrobriq Investment Limited The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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