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    "id": 542491,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/542491/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Keynan",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 41,
        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "Another observation we noted was that the lead financial consultant was an employee of the Treasury. We realised there was a conflict of interest. How do you have your employee - some of you are fiduciary experts - providing financial consultancy to an entity that you want to privatise? In the evening you wear a hat as a consultant for Telkom Kenya while during the day you sit in the Treasury. This is something we could not understand and so we realised that there was an apparent conflict of interest which was by design so that the cartels who were engaged in the privitisation process could prevent any other person from participating in the process. The timing was suspect as it was done on 21st December, 2007 and 31st December, 2012. The consultant was the Treasury. The Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK), the Attorney-General, the Privatisation Commission and the Auditor- General were not involved. This was a process that to date, we cannot tell you who initiated it and who it is likely to benefit. It is because of this today that Telkom Kenya 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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