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    "content": "clearly that the Government objected to this case of Ken Ren. The courts in London accepted and agreed with the Government and said: “You have been defrauded and this is deceit.” They gave the Government US$3 million. So, what do these guys do? They run off to Cyprus. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as the Chairman said, there are the so-called “vultures” here and outside. What the vultures do is that, they come to people in power and say: “You know, there is an old debt; if you can help us, you will get a certain part of it.” So, I actually hold the Attorney-General 100 per cent responsible. The Attorney- General is supposed to be aggressive in the protection of the interests of the country. He is not supposed to be a docile person who is just taken from here to there and then he passes judgment. He does not even turn up in certain court cases. For example, the case of Halaal Meat Company – I do not know whether you have seen it – the Attorney- General did not even bother to turn up. There is another one involving the Charterhouse Bank where the Attorney-General has done absolutely nothing. So, it is better to do without an Attorney-General. Even the Controller and Auditor-General(C&AG) was a very good man in the past. He stood up to Moi, but where were they relegated to? They were kicked out by us. The same people we had as our eyes were discredited by us, and I do not know where the former C&AG, a Mr. Njoroge is, but I think he did a great job. I think this is the sort of thing that we need. I think the C&AG has done his job. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as an accountant, we usually say that when an auditor comes to the books of accounts, he says: “I have looked through the books of accounts and I find them to be a fair opinion of what is actually stated.” But, here, we have these sort of books of accounts from our C&AG, who has not had enough support. They come to us and it is taken as a normal routine. It is assumed that the Public Accounts Committee will do this report and it will be a big, thick report; we will not be there; there will not be enough people there; nobody will talk about it, they will make a bit of noise and everybody will forget about it. Now, it is our job not to forget about it. We need to be aggressive. There are lessons that we must learn. The lessons are that this cannot continue; things have to change. The Constitution has given us more strength to get up and say: “We want to be counted so that we are not tear-gassed by people who are saying that you do not have your rights!” Tuko na haki zetu! I have rights for the people of Kisumu and we all have rights for Kenyans as a whole. We cannot sit back! I do not even know who this Voestalpine of Australia is, but if I had any rights – I am going to talk to my witchdoctors in Bondo to see whether we can curse these guys. The money they have got from the poor will not benefit them. You will find that, some of those people are Kenyans. Voestalpine Limited and Anglo Leasing are all from here!"
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