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"content": "no payment would be made, how come that payments are now being made? That is our problem. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to conclude by telling the House what our specific recommendations are. We found that the Government had been defrauded of Kshs1.057 billion through questionable agreements that were executed over 30 years ago. We are now being defrauded. That is what we found. This fraud was occasioned by slow pace of action and, in some instances, total inaction, particularly on the part of the Office of the Attorney-General in taking action that would ensure this matter was brought to a logical conclusion. There was also conflict of interest on the part of the Attorney-General in this matter; the office having advised the Government to enter into those fraudulent contracts lacked the moral authority to represent the same Government in court and in arbitration cases arising from the contracts. In view of the Government winning and losing some cases, under the same cause of action as stated in Paragraphs 5 and 7 above, it was evident that the Government was not well represented in court in the arbitration cases, and this puts the Office of the Attorney-General on the spot. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we recommend that the Office of the Attorney-General should forthwith disqualify itself from prosecuting this matter, and that KACC should take over the prosecution with the primary objective of ensuring that the cases are expeditiously brought to logical conclusion and that those public funds are recovered. Finally, we recommend that the Government should speed up the implementation of the public financial management reforms in order to prevent recurrence of such errors. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have had my say. I now want to take this opportunity to invite my brother, hon. C. Onyancha, to second the Motion. But before he rises, I would like to underscore the fact that my Committee is very unique. As the House will realise, personally I am qualified in the medical discipline. My colleagues in the Committee include the hon. C. Onyancha, who is a man of outstanding knowledge in matters of accounts, accounting and auditing. My Committee boasts of the membership of hon. (Dr.) Julius Kones, who is an outstanding Mathematician who was, before he joined this House, a lecturer. My Committee’s membership includes Hon. (Rev.) Daniel Muoki, who is an outstanding banker in this country and, as if that is not enough, he is a great man at calling us before the Lord before we start our deliberations. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, my Committee has got hon. Martha Karua, whom we all know. She becomes invaluable when we want to interrogate Government procedures, because she has not only been a Cabinet Minister but she has also served in two crucial Ministries, namely, the high spending Ministry of Water and Irrigation, and the Ministry of Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs. In my Committee, I also have the youngest Member – hon. (Dr.) Noor Hassan Nuh – who keeps us up to date, especially when we are dealing with matters relating to ICT. When it comes to things you can easily miss like IFMIS, hon. (Dr.) Hassan Nuh comes in very handy. We also have the hon. Francis Chachu Ganya, the man from North Horr, who succeeded none other than the late Dr. Godana. In fact, I wonder what it is that there is in North Horr. Hon. Amos Kimunya and hon. Jebii, remember the former Member of Parliament, the late Dr. Bonaya Godana. He was an outstanding personality in this"
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