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    "content": "are not keen to help us to recovery our money which some jokers are enjoying at the expense of the poor people of this country. The issue of Ken Ren, I want to beg Members after they read this, to debate it thoroughly and find out, because this matter is still active, whether we want to allow in this financial year and the subsequent years, this debt to continue being paid. That is the question this Parliament should decide, so that my Committee is not seen to be participating in matters that touch on the realm of theory. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the last issue which stood out and which I would like Members to take time to read is, again, on public debt in respect of the so- called security related projects, otherwise, known as the Anglo Leasing Projects. My brother, hon. Kimunya, was my colleague in the last Parliament and he knows how well hon. Kenyatta, who is today Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, chaired the PAC and what a good job he did. I do not know whether it is because we allowed the same people who used to sit on that Committee to become Ministers that they have deliberately refused to act on their own recommendations. They made far reaching and very plausible recommendations. Why is the same Government, now controlled by the same people, not following on the recommendations they made? On this issue of Anglo- Leasing, we noted with concern the slow pace of action and in some instances, total inaction, particularly on the part of the office of the Attorney-General in implementing its recommendations in its report on this matter which was adopted by the House in April, 2006, and having it logically concluded. We also observed that the office of the Attorney- General, having advised the Government to enter into these fraudulent contracts, lacked moral authority to act for the Government in court cases arising from these contracts. We recommend very strongly that the KACC, and I hope P.L.O Lumumba will be up to the task, should intensify its efforts in the investigations and prosecution of all the suspects in this matter, with a primary objective of punishing them and recovering stolen public funds by ensuring that all court cases in respect of the matter are quickly brought to logical conclusion. We also recommend that the Government should speed up the implementation of the Public Financial Management Reforms in order to prevent recurrence of such matters. We further recommend that the Government must ensure that the PAC recommendations in her report on this matter, adopted by the House in April, 2006, is fully implemented."
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