{"id":183920,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/183920/?format=json","text_counter":184,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Mbiuki","speaker_title":"The Assistant Minister for Agriculture","speaker":{"id":79,"legal_name":"Japhet M. Kareke Mbiuki","slug":"japhet-kareke-mbiuki"},"content":" Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) A total of Kshs2.3 billion has been lost by the Pyrethrum Board of Kenya (PBK) since 2003 to date. (b) I have taken the following actions against persons responsible for the loses:- 2730 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES October 15, 2008 (i) We have reported the cases to the police. (ii) We have also reported the cases to the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate the persons suspected to be involved. Subsequently, seven senior officers implicated have been sacked and are arraigned in a court of law. (iii) We have dissolved the entire management board and appointed a new one to run the PBK, in April 2007."}