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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Keynan",
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        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me put it on record that the KACC went to the ground in May this year and the Minister, certainly, had that information. The Minister interacted with his mission staff in Tokyo. Why would he be in a hurry to write a letter when he knows that there are some questions about some of his staff? That is something that all of us can interpret, and we all know the answer to it. It is because of this that, as a Committee, we said that the Minister misled the Committee. We know the provisions of the Powers and Privileges Act. The other thing that shocked the Government of Japan was that the Minister said that the plot was an archeological site. When we ascertained the facts from the Ministry of Infrastructure in Japan, we found that the whole of Tokyo lies on an archeological site. So, to that extent, the statement that, that aspect was unique to Kenyan property was not true. Our conclusion on this matter is that we are not saying that there is anybody who is culpable. We are saying that certainly money has been lost. Since the Minister, in his own wisdom, has invited the KACC, is it fair for him to preside over his own investigations? Can he preside over his own investigations? In his letter, the Minister says that he will ensure that--- It reads in part: âYou may be aware that the matter has attracted inordinate negative publicity and attention to the extent that, as the Minister responsible, I feel that it is necessary for the KACC to undertake a thorough forensic investigation with a view to returning a verdict on the nature of the transaction and whether in this particular acquisition of a plot the Government got value for its money. I am conscious that this matter is still before the relevant parliamentary oversight committee----â The letter by the Minister has raised sufficient public concern to warrant a thorough and immediate investigation. It continues to say that âIn the event that there is any culpability on any individual then due process should be followedâ. He says that he undertakes to ensure that officials of his Ministry would co-operate fully in availing any documentation as well as personal interviews by KACC should they be required to do so. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have already set precedence. We have had Ministers stepping aside. We have had hon. Kimunya, hon. Mwiraria, hon. Kiraitu, hon. Saitoti and just now, we have hon. Ruto. Nobody is saying that the Minister is culpable. Indeed, I thought that by making these recommendations, we are doing the Minister a favour. The Minister is on record saying that he is going to be a presidential candidate in 2012. To that extent, he is a man who is supposed to enjoy unquestioned moral authority for him to get that. The best thing he would have done is to step aside, with his Permanent Secretary, and allow the KACC and other investigating arms, because certainly, money has been lost, to investigate and come up with a verdict. I am also conscious of the fact that in the past, there have been a number of Parliamentary reports---. I have here the Public Investment Committee (PIC) Report on State Corporations for 2007, and my brother, hon. Wetangula, is adversely mentioned in this Report, which was adopted by Parliament. In fact, here, he was surcharged. It recommended that the Minister must be forced to refund all the money due to the Electricity Regulatory Board, where he happened to have served as the Executive Chairman. I believe that, that is one of the issues that contributed to his sacking from that corporation. There is another report by the PIC on the Electricity Regulatory Board. Here again, the Minister and his firm are again listed. It says: âPrudent mechanisms must be put in place by the Authority to recover the money lost, individually to the Minister and also to his companyâ. Again, there is another Report of 2002 by the Kenya Sugar Development Authority. This is in regard to the Minister and his company. This report was adopted by Parliament. It says that the Government must put prudent mechanisms in place in order to recover this money from the Minister and his company. Again, there is another PIC Report on the East African Portland. It says the same thing. So, it is like a trademark of the Minister."
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