Gideon Sitelu Konchella

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand here on a matter of principle. I am here to advocate for justice and talk against the impunity I have just talked about. The sale of the Grand Regency Hotel was a matter of economic sabotage of our country and its people. It was, indeed, immoral and injustice to the people of Kenya. The Grand Regency Hotel was built 20 years ago using public money. The best the Executive could have done was to sell the property to the people of Kenya. There are co-operative societies and other institutions which could have bought the hotel. ... view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: The media has informed us that Kenya needs to be liberated from greed, laziness and plunder by leaders. This is the time we must say no to the acquisition of our national resources by individuals for their own economic advantage. Nobody has talked about NSSF. The Minister has, all along, tried--- view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Unless there is a group that does not want to hear what I am saying, I will continue. view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: The Minister for Labour has tried to find a voice that would help him address the issue of theft of billions of money at the NSSF. Nobody seems to care because those who took the money are being protected. They have operated with impunity. view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: The other day we were talking about the oil saga. This is already a problem in this country. Our people are now paying dearly in order to fuel their vehicles. These are the things that we must address. We have just been talking about the maize scandal. People are going without food because somebody has stolen all the maize in this country. It is time for us to defend our people. view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, when I look at this Report, I get the feeling that it is an attempt by the Committee to address this matter. However, they are not able to do so because every aspect of this Report has an element of sabotage. Allow me to go through some of the lines in the Report. In Section 3(1) of the Report, it states that the Minister informed the Committee that due to sensitivity of the issues surrounding the sale of the hotel, the information given to the Committee would be limited. This means that the Committee was not given ... view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Let us now move to a Kenyan, Mr. Ndaa, who was appointed to manage the hotel. In page 6, it is said that he was appointed the receiver manager of the Grand Regency Hotel on 31st May, 2004 purely on professional basis. He was proposed by UHDL and he denied being a friend of Mr. Kamlesh Pattni. At the time of his appointment, the hotel was facing liquidity problems, but within six months, he managed to turn round the hotel and paid all the debts. This means that the hotel was viable from the beginning. We must be told where ... view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this gentleman termed the allegations by the CBK and the Treasury that the hotel had never made any profit as misrepresentation of facts because the hotel's performance had greatly improved since 2004 and was making profit. He informed the Committee that the CBK had access to the financial statements of the hotel. view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Mr. Wanjohi, as underlined here on page 3 said that, the valuation of the Hotel was carried out by another valuer, Lloyd Masika from the Central Bank of Kenya in February 2008. But the CBK did not disclose the content of that valuation up to date. So, whether they valued it for Kshs10 billion, we do not know. That is because it has never been disclosed. He further informed the Committee that Kamlesh Pattni had the entire 13th Floor of the complementary rooms where he would accommodate his guests for free, except for meals. As a result, ... view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, that being the background of what is going on, hon. Justice Ringera pointed out some very pertinent issues which this House must really address, if we want to sort out this issue. The Director said in Part 6: "He further stated that KACC did not consult the Attorney-General on Grand Regency Hotel matter as this was a civil suit and not a criminal suit." Ja nuary 29, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES view