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"speaker_name": "Prof. Muigai",
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"content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Attorney-General is not aware that the Government froze any assets of a company known as Zonal Holdings and Credit Investments Company Limited in 2001. Zonal Holdings and Credit Investment Company Ltd does not appear in the database of the Registrar of Companies. However, a company by the name of Zone Holdings and Credit Investments Company Ltd was registered with the Registrar of Companies until December 2000 when the said company was de-registered vide Gazette Notice No.8099 of 8th December, 2000. The hon. Member may wish to clarify if, indeed, the latter is the intended company in respect of the Question raised here. That notwithstanding, if the latter company is the one that the hon. Member was referring to, the Attorney-General is not aware that the Government froze any assets of Zone Holdings and Credit Investment Company Ltd as well. (b) The directors of Zone Holdings and Credit Investment Company Ltd as per the company’s annual returns filed in 1998 were as follows:- Kennedy Ochieng Dianga, Hezron Kimoli Mwakio and Joseph Mwangangi Kajita. These companies had issued 5,000 shares. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Joseph Mwangangi Kajita who was listed as one of the directors is recorded as having passed away on 27th August, 1998. The company’s registered office was on Plot No.1684, Swaleh House, Sango Trading Centre, Nairobi – Kampala Road, P.O Box 958 Webuye. My predecessor, the hon. Amos Wako, had on previous occasions responded to questions relating to this company, Zone Holdings and Credit Investment Company Limited, before this honorable House. More particularly, on 11th July 2001 while responding to a Question raised in this House, my predecessor informed the House that the two directors of the said company had been found guilty of obtaining money by false pretences by the Resident Magistrates in Bungoma and Kericho and that they were at the time serving prison sentences. Further, he informed the House that two others were facing charges before a Senior Resident Magistrate in Nairobi. Mr. Speaker, Sir, after the investigations conducted in this matter, which were specially carried out in Meru, Chuka, Mwingi and Matuu, one Hezron Emoli Mwakio, a director of the said company and six other employees were arrested and charged with the offence of obtaining money with false pretences before the Senior Resident Magistrate’s Court in Nairobi. The employees arrested and charged were the following:- (i) Fredrick Marangu - Manager, Matuu Branch (ii) Mwangi Ephantus - Sales Executive, Matuu (iii) Purity Kagendo - Sales Executive, Matuu. (iv) Njeru Irungu"
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