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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, the CID officers were asking that senior people be allowed to take statements from Mr. Mumo, together with others, regarding this colossal stealing of public money running into billions of shillings. The only thing that the officer investigating this matter found out was that, again, there was a conspiracy to even file a civil case in the High Court of Kenya. Again, the person who compromised that civil suit, in order for the AFC not to be investigated, is the same person we are, again, recommending that he goes and sits at the EACC. It will be a very sad day, indeed, for this country if we nominate this person, especially after so many failed attempts and after celebrating the appointment of Dr. Willie Mutunga as Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya, not because he is from the Kamba community but because of his ability. We do not make appointments in this House on the basis of peopleâs tribal backgrounds. We look at the competence. Where there are suspicions about any individual whom we are giving the responsibility of heading the EAAC, we must resist. The least we can do is to ask those nominees to look at public interest and consider the matter at hand, if they have conscience. Why should they subject themselves to this hearing, knowing well that these are facts you cannot hide? You cannot suppress this information. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Inspector Irungu is prepared to swear an affidavit on the frustrations he faced when he was taking a statement. Here is an officer, telling the Director of CID: âPlease, move in to protect the public interestâ and here, we are saying that we shut our eyes to all this and allow these nominees to go through. It will be a great shame to this House, and I will never agree to be associated with their approval. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I hereby table the letter dated 7th June, 2011. I have referred to the reference. The matter was referred to the then Attorney-General, Amos Wako, way back on 30th November, 2007. The reference is AG/CR/236/3/623/4. Again, this raises those issues. The Attorney-General recommended, âCarry out further investigations so that you can ensure that there is sufficient evidence to convict these people.â Despite these recommendations by the Attorney-General, no action was taken. With the"
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