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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. First and foremost, I want to take this early opportunity to congratulate the Deputy Leader of Government Business, Ms. Karua, for her positive contribution in support of the Motion. However, I want to clarify some issue here so that Members can be very clear in their minds. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Mr. John Githongo was a Permanent Secretary in the Office of the President in charge of Ethics and Governance. He was required to report directly to the President. He was appointed to that position because they believed he was a man of integrity. The Head of Civil Service and Secretary to the Cabinet, Ambassador Muthaura, told us very clearly that he did not doubt for one moment that Mr. Githongo was a man of integrity. He said that he was not a perennial liar and he was not a mole that was planted there by the Opposition or any other group with a conspiracy. One does not become a liar or an enemy simply because he finally decided to do his job and expose corruption in this country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the tone given by the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs, when she responded as Deputy Leader of Government Business, was very acceptable to us. She admitted that Anglo Leasing is a scam. We, as Members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), concluded, in fact, that these Anglo Leasing type of projects were organised crime. It was a planned, sophisticated scheme that was there for a long time; close to a decade. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Leader of the Official Opposition said clearly that without political culpability, there was no way Anglo Leasing would have been executed in this country, in the past or even today. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Mr. Githongo's dossier was corroborated in many ways. We did not just take it at face value. The statements he made in his report were subjected to other pieces of evidence that were provided by not less than 19 witnesses whom we interviewed as PAC. We subsequently obtained documents to verify some of those events. He provided to us three tape recordings he made. Those tape recordings were not on Mr. Murungi alone. The PAC had opportunity to listen to those tapes one by one when we were in London. The transcripts are available to all Members. So, they can listen to the tapes or read the transcripts. They can also understand what is contained in them. Technology has made it easy for one to record something using a pen like the one I am holding and transfer it onto a CD without a lot of difficulty. But it is very important to make it very clear that it is wrong for any Member to create the impression that this thing is a whole conspiracy. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is just one of the projects. There are 17 other projects, out of which, 12 were mooted during the previous Government, and eight during the current one. We will be looking at all those audits. So, I think it is wrong to suggest that we are targeting certain individuals only. When those reports come up, God forbid, some other people may be mentioned who may be on this side or the other."
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