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• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: This is not a small matter! It is unfortunate that there is an attempt to make the contents of this Report political. This is corruption! It is the heart of corruption; if we are to "kill" impunity in this country, we have to begin today. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: I want to stand here and ask my hon. colleagues not to make a mistake, because this country is watching. We want people to stop impunity; I do not think that one person, or ten people, in this country should spoil the few anti-corruption gains made in the last ten years or so. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: The Report that the Minister is poking holes in is very interesting. On 29th April, 2008 the Minister stood before this Committee, an issue I raised on the Floor of the House today, and told us that the employees of the Grand Regency Hotel would be safe. Today, I brought it here; 172 of them have been fired. It is very interesting that the Minister should tell us that he did not say that the hotel was not making profit, yet he did! He told us so, in here and outside. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: The people who took care of the Grand Regency Hotel, the receivers, gave the Committee evidence that at the time when there was a rush to sell the hotel, there was Kshs342 million in the bank. That money, to date, has never been accounted for. Who took that money? If the hotel was sold to the Libyans, where is the money which was in the account at the time of sale? It is very important that if we want to look at the issues of corruption, we put politics aside. I have said here that as an hon. Member, and ... view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, this sale was conducted without the attorney for Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), Mr. Murgor, being informed. We were told that during this inquiry, Mr. Murgor was only informed after the Minister resigned and the President ordered an inquiry. That was a whole attorney for the CBK! What were they hiding? The Governor of CBK was truly advised by the Board of the CBK to look for somebody to buy the Grand Regency Hotel. What did he do? He did not look for buyers. Together with the Minister, he single-sourced. Single-sourcing is against the law in ... view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am a Member of the Committee and I want to raise some issues. I hope you will indulge me, because I think my time to debate this Motion is 30 minutes. This is a very important Motion for this country. Ja nuary 28, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: No! You are not a herder! Talk to me through the Chair! view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: I am not in agreement, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker! As a Member of the Committee, you have to give me a chance to contribute. What they are trying to do is clear! view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I was saying, on the consent order of 9th April, 2008, the court ordered that all the assets, including the bank accounts of the Grand Regency Hotel, be transferred to the CBK. At that point, the CBK had an opportunity to do one of the two things. One, to transfer the Grand Regency Hotel to the Government and then sell it following procurement laws, which it did not do. It could have exercised, as it did, its statutory powers of sale, which they chose just to avoid the law, but still there had to be ... view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: 4534 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES January 28, 2009 view