Uhuru Kenyatta

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Entries 1481 to 1490 of 1516.

• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Towards the end of last year, new evidence, what is today more commonly referred to as the "Githongo Dossier" was widely circulated in the media. This evidence not only seems to implicate political culpability but also revealed that the passports issuing scandal was only but a tip of the iceberg. In its wisdom, the Committee decided to take up the matter once again. Mr. Speaker, Sir, before I get into the details of this particular saga, I think it is important that I briefly elaborate on what we refer to as Anglo Leasing for clarity of this House. Anglo Leasing, ... view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a system which, if not brought to check, will continue to rob this nation of the much needed resources that could be used to better the lives of millions and millions of Kenyans. Mr. Speaker, Sir, to get to the root of anything, one must start at the beginning. Records and testimonies made available to the Committee trace the origins of the Anglo Leasing related projects back to the year 2001. When pressed for cash, following the suspension of donor support and growing insecurity, the Cabinet at that time held a meeting on 27th, July, ... view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that said and done, as was indicated when we first presented our Report, these kind of scams cannot take place without some form of political culpability. view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have witnessed many charged before courts of law with some of what we are discussing today. However, the truth of the matter and actually the reason I believe that this House in its wisdom chose to reject the last Report is that we found it difficult to believe that this could have taken place with some junior civil servants and some unknown businessmen being the culprits. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Committee notes that that third leg in the stool; the third leg that was missing in the first Report, was provided by Mr. John Githongo in ... view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is on page one of this Report. It states:- "The Department of Immigration requested the Ministerial Tender Committee in the Office of the President for authority to procure a passport issuing system through restricted tendering citing the security nature of passports and the issuing system. This was supported by the Ministerial Tender Committee". As you will see, a number of firms were invited to tender namely, De La Rue Identity Systems of the United Kingdom, AIT International PLC of the United Kingdom, Face Technologies of South Africa, Setec OY of Finland, and Johannes Enschede of Netherlands. ... view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that notwithstanding, on 1st April, 2003, a firm by the name of Anglo Leasing and Finance Limited supported now, not with the Department of Immigration but with the Permanent Secretary, Office of the Vice-President and Ministry of Home Affairs, what appears to be an unsolicited technical proposal for the supply, installation of an immigration security document control system which in its proposal the firm indicated--- 382 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES April 5, 2006 view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am just trying to figure out where I was before I was interrupted. view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, they were prepared not only to supply and install the system through its sub-contractor, Francois-Charles Obethur Fiduiare of Paris, but they also submitted alongside, a proposal for financing. It is not clear to any of us how this firm, Anglo Leasing and Finance Company Limited provided this information since it seemed completely unsolicited. Mr. Speaker, Sir, secondly, it was not clear to this Committee how Anglo Leasing and Finance Company Limited managed to fit to the button requirements that had been made by the committee that had been set up. I am sure, you have noted that ... view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, absolutely, yes. They are actually with the HANSARD Division. view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: In fact, it is not only the tape recordings that are available, but your HANSARD Division also actually has transcribed those tapes. So you can actually get the transcripts of those particular tape recordings. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Committee inquired from Mr. Githongo why he found it necessary to tape his colleagues. Mr. Githongo told us that he did so after he informed His Excellency the President about it. He did it because of the nature of what he was about to do. He said that it was because it would have been his word against the word of all ... view