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    "content": "they did not have a binding executed contract. Even at the time they were getting the performance bond from the bank, you will note from the report that it was based on a draft agreement that was signed. The bank, even though, went ahead to give this performance bond. The other interesting thing is on what hon. Keynan mentioned, that is, the role of other players within the Ministry of Special Programmes and that of Agriculture and more so particular trustees of the Strategic Grain Reserve (SGR). I heard the Chairman mention with exception Mr. Joseph Kinyua who was the Permanent Secretary in charge of Treasury. I must take this opportunity to commend Mr. Joseph Kinyua. When this contract was being signed between Erad and NCPB on 26th August, 2004, out of all the trustees in the SGR, it is only Mr. Joseph Kinyua who had the audacity, two days after the contract was signed--- Hon. Speaker, it is worth noting that the genesis of this problem between Erad and NCPB was the question of the Letter of Credit. Mr. Joseph Kinyua pointed out this to the other trustees of the SGR in a letter addressed to Eng. Mahboub Mohamed who was then the Permanent Secretary in charge of Special Programmes. He alerted him that NCPB had no business opening Letters of Credit for them. The Letter of Credit was basically just a means of Government guaranteeing suppliers that, indeed, Government had adequate funds to pay them. However, you will note that all this advice by Mr. Joseph Kinyua was clearly ignored, both by the NCPB and the Permanent Secretary Mr. Kinyua was writing to at that time. That clearly tells you that it was a scheme designed by people within and without NCPB to defraud not only NCPB, but Kenyans. Indeed, as the Chairman has alluded, there was not a single bag or grain of maize that was supplied. There was never any intention to supply any maize to NCPB by Erad Contracts and General Suppliers. Indeed, as the Chairman has said, you will note that many of the companies that purported to be importing maize from South Africa--- I think it has been mentioned that one of those companies supplies bicycle tyres and tubes. The other source of maize was said to be Ethiopia. We were informed that this country does not allow maize to be exported from it. This company never intended to supply any maize to NCPB. All this was clearly designed to defraud the Kenyan public. I implore Members of this House to stand with Members of this Committee on the findings of this report. They should stand with the people of this great Republic. They should stand with the millions of Kenyans who every so often go without food and depend on relief food. This relief food is usually coordinated from the silos of the NCPB. Had this House not spoken with one voice--- I believe that this House will speak with one voice to support this report and support the millions of Kenyan farmers who every year have got to depend on NCPB not only in the supply of seeds and fertilizers, but also to buy their maize and ensure that the SGR is safe and protected. I call upon all Members to support this report and the SGR which is a matter of not just food security, but also a matter of national security and importance. I beg to second."
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