Wakoli Bifwoli

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• 19 May 2009 in National Assembly: As to the legal opinion, it has given rise to a lot of confusion in the public eye. The legal opinion which the Attorney-General signs normally after the contract has been concluded and executed by the relevant Ministry and Treasury is an opinion which authenticates the various signatures of the aggrieved, already executed by the relevant parties of which the Attorney-General is not. What does the legal opinion normally state? I am saying this because this is not something that we have even in the private sector. It is only in the Government and it is only the Attorney-General who ... view
• 19 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Attorney General is not misleading the House. The Attorney General continues smiling; it comes from an inner fuse--- It was said of some stateman that a smile can be that of steel and iron. In other words, when it comes to biting, it can bite. As the Attorney General, I am determined to go to the root of these Anglo Leasing cases and bite. view
• 19 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, to answer my learned colleague who is a Secretary General of a certain party, I would like to say that the Chair of that party who was the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs, answered a Question here, which gave the success rates of the cases that had been successfully prosecuted arising out of corruption. Not only that, but she also mentioned and gave the reasons we are having difficulties and problems in successfully concluding these cases. view
• 19 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there goes another perception which is clearly wrong. The Government records are there to show when I make trips in and out of the country. The hon. Member is right. She answered the Question on my behalf. However, when she was answering, she had the figures with her. I am quite sure that the Secretary General of that party is aware of the figures. view
• 19 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the cases that were terminated, my answer is as follows. Forensic science laboratory projects, an amount of US$4.75 million was refunded. The original promissory notes to secure the finance were returned and cancelled. Secondly, the forensic security documents and control system terminated the commitment of Euros 956,700 that was paid and was refunded. The original promissory notes to secure the finance were also returned and cancelled. view
• 19 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, regarding the issue of the Serious Crimes Office of the United Kingdom, there is a Question pending before this House and I will answer in extensor on that. If I may just finish on that question, and then I will respond to the issue of promissory notes. The other one is the Kenya e-Cop Security Law and Order Systems. An amount of €5.3 million has been paid and refunded under the original promissory Notes to secure the finance work returned and cancelled. view
• 19 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, of the terminated contracts, we have recovered a sum of Kshs1 billion. That is a fact. On the issue of the legality of the promissory notes, yes, they were legal and enforceable. view
• 19 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the issue of promissory notes, yes, at the time they were signed, they were valid and binding. They were binding because the proper officials of Government who can bind the Government under our laws actually executed those promissory notes. So, they were binding at that time, but subsequently, when we discovered that these agreements were being used for fraud, on my advice, the Minister for Finance issued a caveat emptor which was published in all the international newspapers which was dated 20th December, 2007 and which includes some of the promissory notes referred to by the ... view
• 19 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, for now, I cannot give you the amount of money lost because of the nature of the Question that was asked but I am sure the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance can give it to you. As per who the perpetrators were, they are clearly set out in the various reports of the Controller and Auditor-General, PriceWaterHouseCoopers and so on. I can inform you that in those reports and also in the arbitrations that we are handling, we have a Mr. Pereira and a Mr. Kamani as the main people behind these contracts. view
• 19 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the reports of the Controller and Auditor-General are public documents and in fact, they were debated in this House. view