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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, the file was later returned to the Banking Fraud and Investigations Unit with instructions to arrest and charge the suspects with various offences under the Banking Act, Cap 488 Laws of Kenya. However, the Attorney-General further stated that before the arrest and arraignment in court a draft charge sheet be forwarded to him for approval and that the Registrar of Companies be requested to confirm the actual directors of the bank. Pursuant to that advice, a request was sent to the Registrar of Companies on 26th February, 2008 vide a letter CID/BF1/Section/2/1/11/Vol.2/ (126) requesting for names of directors of Charterhouse Bank. The Registrar did not respond to the request and a reminder was sent on 7th October, 2010 vide letter CID/BF1/SEC/2/1/11/Vol3/ (269). Unfortunately, the Registrar of Companies is unable to provide the directors since documents to that effect cannot be traced. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have a letter here which is not even five days old; it is dated 4th January, 2013. It is from the Registrar of Companies. The indications are that the file and documents relating to the bank cannot be traced. As a matter of fact, she says:- “The above reference company or business name does not appear on our computer database of registered companies or business names”. Mr. Speaker, Sir, subsequently, a draft charge sheet was forwarded to the office of the Attorney-General along with duplicate case file. However, owing to lack of cooperation from the Office of the Registrar of Companies the investigating officers have been unable to complete the investigations and, therefore, cannot charge the suspects in court. With the foregoing, therefore, releasing a copy of the charge sheet and investigation report as had been requested by the hon. Member has been declined as it is noted it will jeopardize the ongoing investigations. In the circumstances, the investigations report and a copy of charge sheet cannot be availed. (b) According to records held by the unit, it has not conducted investigations on similar cases. However, it cannot be ruled out that similar investigations may have been carried out by Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Supervision Department, which has the mandate to supervise, inspect and regulate all commercial banks. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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