{"id":186622,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/186622/?format=json","text_counter":270,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Namwamba","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":108,"legal_name":"Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba","slug":"ababu-namwamba"},"content":"Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, is the Minister aware--- Could he confirm to this House that, indeed, the reason why the Government issued a default notice to RVR is because of the fact that it is a phoney company linked to high-ranking State officials which was cheekily misrepresented to the public as a foreign investor when, in fact, it is a phantom that has been deliberately crafted to defraud the people of Kenya of a premium State asset in the form of Kenya Railways? Could the Minister confirm or deny the fact that the Government threw away a premium State asset to a phoney entity that did not have any capacity, whatsoever, to manage that premium 2324 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES August 5, 2008 State asset?"}