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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am merely encouraging him to continue sitting where he is, and I will promote him to be the Chairman of the PIC next year, as he will be a Member of the Opposition. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are some specific cases that I would like to cite. One of them is the Kenya National Trading Corporation (KNTC). The KNTC was one of the corporations that was formed by the Kenyatta Government to assist us to trade, specifically, with the Eastern Bloc. The distributive sector was, at that time, totally in the hands of the Asian community and we, Kenyans, were locked out. For that reason, the KNTC was formed to assist the people to participate in the distributive sector. Since then, it has been overtaken by events. The recommendation by the PIC that it should be wound up, has not been implemented for the past five years. This particular parastatal continues to guzzle public funds and, yet, it is taking us nowhere. I, therefore, support the recommendation of the PIC. But before all that is done, I note with concern that a person called Mr. Manga Mugwe and his brother, Mr. Pascal Mugwe, first of all, supplied \"air\" and they were paid Kshs7 million for supplying fertilizers. Secondly, they went ahead and grabbed land; Plot No.209/10343. However, the Treasury says that it is unable to trace any assets of Mr. Manga Mugwe, who is one of the richest Kenyans today. Why should we wait for these so-called \"bad Kenyans\" who are bringing the development of Kenya down to continue galivanting around town and flashing wealth that was acquired from public coffers? I believe that Mr. Manga Mugwe has assets. He is one of the richest owners of private capital in Kenya. Therefore, I see no reason why the Treasury is unable to recover from him a mere Kshs7 million and land which he grabbed, which is worth only Kshs150 million, unless, of course, it is a beneficiary from this continued corruption which seems to be on an increasing path. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the second case relates to the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK). The Committee discovered that Kshs196 million was stolen. This is just pure theft, involving someone writing a cheque and walking into a bank with ten gunias and stuffing Kshs1,000 notes, halafu anabeba. He puts them in a pick-up and goes with them to his home."
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