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    "id": 1486163,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1486163/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwengi Mutuse",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13665,
        "legal_name": "Eckomas Mwengi Mutuse",
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    "content": "that had submitted an irregular bid bond with the sole intention of fraudulently acquiring public property. Basically, in relation to KEMSA, so that we can paraphrase; KEMSA advertised a tender funded by the Global Fund, which is one of our major development partners in terms of delivery of health care in Kenya. The tender was valued at about Kshs3.7 billion. At the time, the procurement process got botched up. The Senate would take notice that at that time, the PS in charge of public health and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at KEMSA were dismissed by His Excellency the President. An acting CEO was then appointed. The Acting CEO also swore an affidavit to this regard. The problem here was that there was an Indian-based company, called Shobikaa Limited. We have been told we are bringing in a company that was not part of the tender. In the evidence of the Deputy President, this company called Shobikaa Limited is represented locally here in Kenya by a company called Crystal Limited. That is by admission of the Deputy President himself in his own response. We have demonstrated all the way from Nyeri, Malindi to Kilifi that this company Crystal Limited is the major special purpose vehicle that the Deputy President has been using to acquire property and to launder money. This company has an agency agreement with Shobikaa Limited to represent them locally. The evidence that we have placed on record is that when Mr. Andrew Mulwa is appointed the new CEO of KEMSA, at that time, investigations are going on into the irregular procurement of the Kshs3.7 billion mosquito nets. One of the issues of interest in that tender is how Shobikaa Limited submitted their bid bond. The main complaint was that they submitted their bid bond outside the tendering period. When investigations are going on, the Deputy President, who admitted live on television, called Mr. Andrew Mulwa, the Acting CEO of KEMSA and told him, I have sent my people, please give them that bid bond. He said that he did it because people were wondering. We have annexed messages, WhatsApp excerpts, in the affidavit of Mr. Andrew Mulwa that is contained Page 67 of Volume 1 all the way to Page 77. We have annexed the witness affidavit of Mr. Andrew Mulwa and on it, we have also exhibited SMS messages---"
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