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    "id": 748978,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "(4) Ms. Anne Mumbi Waiguru, the former Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Devolution and Planning, be barred from holding public office, if found guilty after due process, in light of her overall leadership at the Ministry for:- (a) Contravention of Chapter Six of the Constitution in its entirety but more specifically, Article 73 which provides that: ”A State Officer must bring honour to the nation and dignity to the office and promote public confidence in the integrity of the office”; and (b) Aware of the existence of a Cabinet resolution on the enhanced functions of a Cabinet Secretary as resolved vide the resolution of the 11th Cabinet meeting held on 2nd December 2014, she failed to execute the said enhancement functions. (5) The Directorate of Criminal Investigations commences fresh investigations over abuse of office by Ms. Ann Mumbi Waiguru, former CS Ministry of Devolution and Planning, the findings be made public and appropriate action to be taken against her if found culpable. (6) The EACC conducts thorough lifestyle audit of top officials of the Ministry of Devolution and Planning and the NYS, including the then Cabinet Secretary, Madam Ann Waiguru, spanning the last five years (2012-2016). The outcome of this audit should be made public by 31st December, 2017, with criminal proceedings instituted against those found culpable. (7) The Directorate of Criminal Investigations and the EACC to conduct thorough investigations with a view to establishing whether the governor of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), Dr. Patrick Ngugi Njoroge, should be charged with abuse of office for abetting the theft of funds at the Ministry of Devolution and Planning and the NYS for failing/refusing to advise the Government on the abnormal payment requisition from the Ministry and the NYS as per sections 4 (a) (1) (e), 44 (1) and (2) of the Central Bank of Kenya Act. (8) The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) immediately reviews his decision not to charge Mr. Adan Gedow Harakhe of attempted theft of Kshs695,400,000, in light of the fact no evidence of his password having been stolen was forwarded during the investigations. The DPP should further institute charges against him for his role in approving a duplicate payment of Kshs12.5 million to the Consulting House Ltd., and for lying under oath over the purported theft of his password and academic qualifications. (9) The EACC and the DCI institutes investigations into the conduct of the various public officers who made the diverse approvals into the IFMIS for various payments to companies associated with Ms. Josephine Kabura Irungu and others without due diligence as noted under Observation Paragraph No.51. (10) The EACC and the DCI expeditiously carries out investigations on the members of the Inter-Ministerial Tender Committee as listed in Observation Paragraph No.53 with a view to referring the cases to the DPP for appropriate action. (11) The DCI and EACC immediately commences investigations into the role of the Central Bank of Kenya with particular focus on the Directors of Banking Services and Banking Supervision Directorates, and the Financial Reporting Centre with a view to charging them with contravening the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Act (POCAMLA) 2009 for aiding and abetting money laundering. The Committee further directs that investigations be conducted to establish whether there was complicity on the part of CBK and/or any of its members of staff in The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}