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"content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, this Bosire Report is lying in the library. There are three individuals who were supposed to have been investigated further with a view to being prosecuted for their involvement in the Goldenberg scam. Number one, and I am reading directly from that Report, is former President Daniel arap Moi; number two is Joseph Magari; number three is Joshua Kulei and number four is Multifacie Company Limited. Hon. Deputy Speaker, on the matter of repossession of assets acquired with monies obtained from Goldenberg affair, there was an attempt some time later when the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) repossessed the multi billion shillings Grand Regency Hotel. Thereafter, the CBK proceeded to sell this hotel to some Libyans. Here is the CBK extensively trying to recover assets which had been stolen and then it goes ahead and sells this property in an opaque and suspect manner to some Libyans; the hotel has since been renamed âLaico Regency Hotelâ. Due to serious public outcry, the then President Mwai Kibaki, set up a commission of inquiry to investigate this matter of the Grand Regency Hotel. That Report to date has not been made public. We only hear of rumours that certain people were named adversely in that Report. So, I do not want to go into naming those names for now, but I have got a lot of dossier on this. Hon. Deputy Speaker, there is no denying of the fact that serious economic crimes were committed against Kenyans by the architects of the Goldenberg scandal. These crimes had the effect of denying Kenyans their economic and social rights as guaranteed by Article 43(1) of the 2010 Constitution. These kinds of crimes are so serious that in certain parts of the world like Asia, if you are found guilty of them you will have to face a firing squad. In this country, unfortunately, perpetrators of such crimes walk scot-free and display impunity - impunity of the highest order."
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