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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I started by apologizing about the figures. I wish to confirm that indeed, with better verified figures now, the receiver has actually started going after some of these people. In fact, some of the people, their land is either about to be auctioned or they are making arrangements to pay. But it is a long list of people and the receiver who is more neutral and not as emotionally involved in this matter as was the case before, is following up the debtors. The figure is not Kshs3 billion as originally indicated. This has been supplied by the previous management and the Board of KPCU. I wish to confirm there being some payments by the receiver to some of the coffee societies after some sale of coffee took place and also after some other income came into KPCU. But it is true there are many societies in Kenya that are still owed money because there were cheques that bounced and because of corruption and mismanagement, there were problems. But the rescue package or the restructuring we are talking about, they have started looking at what KPCU owes and it is Kshs5 billion which is verified as what they owe farmers and other creditors including Government agencies such as Coffee Board of Kenya (CBK), Road Board Levy, the Coffee Research Station, among others. So, we are addressing this issue with better accurate information than before. As I said, various Government departments are much more comfortable than they were when I came to do this a year ago."
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