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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Finance",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I respect the hon. Member for Gachoka for having the courtesy to write to me. Before I could reply to him, other extraneous issues were introduced in the House that I am challenged to clear here. Let me ignore what has been tabled here and address the issue of the hon. Member for 1216 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES May 9, 2007 having taken the pains to write to me. I would like to tell him that in terms of who gave the promissory notes to the individuals or companies, some of them were never issued so they have never left the Treasury. The other ones are now in the Treasury. They have been with the Debt Management Department since August, 2004 when refunds were made and all those were mopped up and were brought. In terms of who brought them, who did not bring them or who was contacted, that is the subject of an investigation that is going on with the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission and I believe hon. Members will respect that we do not prejudice that ongoing investigation on that. The second issue that was raised was how they were delivered to me. I mentioned that these promissory notes have always been at the Treasury. All documents at the Treasury are available to me. So, it really does not matter how they were given to me by my department. The third question that the hon. Member raised was that we should table in this House certified copies of the returned promissory notes. I do not intend to table that until the investigation by the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission that is ongoing is completed and the legal advice is given. I believe that this House will understand the specific circumstances why this is so. The other question as to whether there has been a formal discharge, the hon. Member will understand that we are waiting for the completion of the PriceWaterHouseCoopers report in accordance with the recommendation of the audit report to be able to cancel all the various contracts because they will have come out with what is payable, what is not payable, what is acceptable and what is not. Lastly on the item of whether we could table the special audit report, this special audit report was tabled in May, 2006. I tabled it in the House. If there is no copy in this Parliament, I will be happy to provide another copy of the audit report. Since it is here, I would advise that Mr. J. Nyagah gets a copy from Parliament and based on that, we can look at the issues that would have arisen had I tabled the same which I tabled in 2006. Those are the five answers to what Mr. J. Nyagah had requested. I do not know whether there is anything else I can answer apart from what has been asked."
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