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    "content": "(Mrs. Kilimo): Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware of any official in the above mentioned co-operative society who was surcharged by the High Court for any reason. However, the Commissioner for Co-operative Development instituted an inquiry into the affairs of MOSACCO in 2003, and some recommendations were made by the inquiry team for the Commissioner to implement in accordance with Section 58, Parts 3 and 4, of the Co- operative Societies Act, 1997, which was revised in 2004. Some affected officials went to the High Court seeking to quash the entire report but without success. The Commissioner then issued notices of intention to surcharge certain former officials as recommended in the report. On appeal, two committee members were pardoned for reason of having been in the committee for barely three months before the inquiry was conducted. These were Messrs. Calcanos Olimwa Ekesa and James W. Mapao. Mr. George Dipondo, the current chairman, was elected back after he had appealed to the Commissioner on grounds that some of the money he was being surcharged for was part of a criminal case against a consultant taken to court by the State. The General Manager and the Chairman were prosecution witnesses in the case against AL Refrigeration and Beat Link Services Limited, which swindled the society of Kshs11 million. It would not have been proper for the Commissioner’s office to pass judgment against Mr. Dipondo when the same matter was in a court of law. Mr. George Dipondo had also appealed to the Minister for Co-operative Development and Marketing over the matter in accordance with the provisions---"
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