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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Keynan",
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        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "Therefore, in our opinion, this was a well orchestrated programme that was meant to benefit certain cartels who wanted to rip off and kill this very important institution called the NCPB. We are going to demonstrate that when the operations of the NCPB were grounded, the same individuals and their associates applied to the Ministry of Agriculture to have the same organization privatised and commercialised, so that they could buy it at a throw-away price. The Committee has since asked the Ministry of Agriculture not to go ahead and commercialise the NCPB until these issues are sorted out. That is the reason as to why the entire tendering process was tailor-made to accommodate the particular company. First of all, the company did not have the financial capacity. They did not have the technical know-how. They did not have the experience. More so, we will demonstrate later on that even the Directors of M/s Erad started quarrelling amongst themselves. We will also show the position that was subsequently taken by the then Permanent Secretary (PS), Treasury. We will show what forced the then PS, Mr. Kinyua, to go to his office on a weekend and write a very serious later to the then PS, Special Programmes and PS, Agriculture, just to make sure that the Government did not lose millions of shillings in the particular transaction. Hon. Speaker, for purposes of information, I would like to read out the letter, which is going to form part of the record of this House, and explain why this report is very critical to this country’s food security. The letter is dated 28th August, 2004. I want to, sincerely, on behalf of the people of Kenya, and on behalf of my Committee, thank Mr. Joseph Kinyua. He was one of the trustees but in-between the transaction, he realised that there was a problem somewhere. Even the way the media covered this story is that they have been reporting on evidence given by different witnesses who appeared before the Committee. I want to urge them to read the observations of the Committee’s Report and the way forward. On the particular date, Mr. Kinyua wrote to the PS, Special Programmes, in which he said the following:- “Thank you for your letter dated 27th August, 2004. We have carefully reviewed your letter and have the following comments to make: First, we find its content very wanting. On several occasions, we have tried to explain to you the procedure that is followed in releasing money from the Consolidated Fund in line with the Statutory Financial Regulations. It has been made clear to you that you need to provide Treasury with a firm procurement programme to assist the Exchequer Committee to plan the release of funds, based on spending pattern but bearing in mind the statutory authorisations. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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