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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Githae",
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        "legal_name": "Robinson Njeru Githae",
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    "content": "Gladly, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I think this matter was investigated by a Committee of this House and their conclusions are very clear. The Charter House Bank was cleared by the KRA. It was cleared by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and the police. It was cleared by the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) and that is the position. On the specific questions that Mr. Mwau has raised, it will be noted that at this time we have a law prohibiting money laundering. So I would like to say the bank – I am talking about the bank and not customers – was not found to have evaded any tax. The bank was not found to have laundered any money. I also want to confirm that the reason why I am saying Mr. Odiambo is trying to con the Government of Kenya out of money is because the fact that you have an account does not mean that that is the tax payable. The fact that you have a fixed deposit account or a savings account running into millions does not mean that that is the tax due because this is what he is trying to do. He is trying to claim money; that if you had an account in Charter House Bank, say Kshs200 million, then you evaded tax equivalent to Kshs200 million. That is the basis of his argument and that is why he is claiming Kshs2 billion. So, tax evasion cannot be calculated from one bank account. You have to look at the entire operations of a company. Again, if a company has an account in a bank and it is found to be evading tax, that has nothing to do with the bank, otherwise no bank in Kenya would be existing. With regards to the other issue, again, I want to confirm that I wrote to the Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) and we are waiting for his actions. Mr. Speaker said that if he does not take action, this House will take action on him and so as far as I am concerned on this matter, we want to wait and see the action the CBK Governor will take."
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