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    "id": 253500,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Billow",
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        "legal_name": "Billow Adan Kerrow",
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    "content": "Sorry, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It has been a while since we were here. Last week, I talked about the peculiar nature of the Anglo Leasing contract. In particular, all the contracts had certain characteristics which were uniform. They all involved supply and finance of contracts. The people who were suppliers were the same ones who were arranging for the finances. The second aspect is that they were all camouflaged as security contracts, even where the contract involved non-security matters. For instance, where it involved the meterological and postal services. Those were all camouflaged as security contracts. I want to dwell a bit on the genesis of the contracts. The first of its kind was carried out in 480 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES April 18, 2006 1997 in a project which is shown on the chart on page 52, by the LBA Systems of Scotland. The contract on the Digital Multi-channel Security Telecommunications Network worth 24.6 million dollars was signed in 1997. The second one was in 1998 for the Kenya Police Airwing in which four helicopters were purchased at 36 million dollars and financed by Sound Day Corporation. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the interesting thing is that in 1997 and in 1998, they were again involved in the contracts in later years. However, my colleagues who have contributed previously from the Government side said that there was a Cabinet approval for the Anglo Leasing contracts in 2001. I want to clarify that at the earliest opportunity. What the Cabinet did on 27th July, 2001, was to formally authorise the use of lease finance and suppliers credit, which had been used in 1997 and in 1998. In 2001, the Cabinet gave a formal approval of what we refer to as Special Purpose Finance Vehicles. We did not see anything wrong with the approval of that. The Cabinet did not approve any specific projects or contracts, according to the information which was availed to us. This is very important. In 2003, we were informed, and read it in the dailies, claims that the Cabinet, in fact, approved some of the contracts. When we investigated, we found out that none of the projects which were approved in 2003, were in fact, brought before the Cabinet. Therefore, we requested those who came before us, including the Head of Public Service, to present an extract of the minutes which showed that---"
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