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    "content": "when they got information that they were installing CCTV cameras in the Grand Regency Hotel, where they were staying. In the process, the NSIS established that the two brothers had entered the United Arab Emirates in 1991 as Armenia nationals and were later deported in 1994 for attempting to bribe customs officers. He also informed the Committee on the diverse dates, they also re-entered the UAE as Russian citizens using the names Artur Gevorkiyan and Artur Argasyan alias Andrei Priluskiy. It was further stated that they did not establish any business in Dubai and were basically conmen. This was the information by the National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS). He also informed the Committee that the Artur Brothers were later invited to come to Kenya by one Raju Sanghani the Executive Chairman of the Real Management Service Limited (2002) as prospective investors. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Committee noted that the NSIS, despite the knowledge that Raju Sanghani invited the brothers to Kenya and his name was popping up consistently throughout the brother’s stay in Kenya and also his connection with Kamlesh Pattni in whose hotel; the Grand Regency, the Artur Brothers headed on arrival and where they attempted to set up CCTV cameras, neither the NSIS nor any other Government agency carried out any investigation into Raju Sanghani, Kamlesh Pattni and the involvement not just with the Artur Brothers but also with key people in the Government. The Committee noted with concern that the processing of work permits for the two brothers was fast tracked without reasonable cause and that, had due diligence been done particularly by the NSIS in ascertaining the previous conduct and business dealings of the duo, the clearance given by the NSIS in a single day could not have happened. However, the Committee noted that the Kenya security apparatus are up to their duty and that the fast tracking of issuance of the permits was being engineered somewhere else by persons; the officers, who gave evidence before the Committee, chose not to mention and disclose. In addition to the foregoing, there was no satisfactory explanation given for forwarding the Artur Brothers application on the first day of consideration to the NSIS even before the Inter-Ministerial Committee had concluded their businesses the following day. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Inter-Ministerial Committee appeared to have given approval for the issuance of permits to the Artur Brothers without securing the documentation as required by law which included the following; trade license, a physical office location that is LR number and investment certificates from the Kenya Investment Authority (KIA). Furthermore, the Artur Brothers had indicated that they had only about Kshs8 million. The revelation alone should have alerted the officers processing the applications for permits that they were not serious investors and the statements and particulars should have been double checked. The Committee observed that the delegation of duty by the officers unless they were under duress to approve the applications, marked the beginning of actions by the two Armenians which brought disrepute to the people Kenya in a way that right thinking people cannot comprehend. The Committee learnt with shock that matters of security nature could be taken so lightly to the extent that the officers carrying out verification could clear foreigners in a single day and not even bother to consult Interpol data to satisfy themselves that the two persons did not pose a security threat to the country. Their failure to conduct proper verification was vindicated when almost three---"
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