PAC chairman Nicholas Gumbo gave NYS suspect Josephine Kabura a scolding as MPs frustrated by her lack of proper explanations turned to Bible verses.
Kabura appeared before the Public Accounts Committee to give answers on the Sh791 million NYS fraud, but she took long pauses, gave short answers and dodged some questions.
"We gave you a chance to redeem yourself. You swindled the people of Kenya and those who benefited from it you have chosen to protect. It is very unfortunate," said Gumbo.
The Rarieda MP had asked Kabura how she made payments of Sh52 million without receipts. The question of tax returns also arose; the businesswoman said she was in the process of filing them.
"You can not tell me you are paying people millions of money and you do not even remember them. You do not even have evidence," noted Gumbo.
He further attacked Kabura's lawyer asking him what he was doing in the meeting if his client could not open up about what she was being asked.
"You have come here with your lawyer who has come to defend you instead of issuing legal advice on this case," he told Kabura. "Citizens of this country gave your companies over Sh1.6 billion and you have no receipts."
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Gumbo asked the Nairobi businesswoman to stop playing hide and seek, noting she had been taking them "through a charade since 9am"
"You have made public statements that contradict what you are telling us. Who are you taking for fools here? "he asked her.
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But before the Chairman could adjourn the session, two MPs requested for time to read verses from the Bible.
Bomachoge Borabu MP Joel Onyanchasaid: "Before we close Mr chairman, I would like to read from proverbs 19."
"Better the poor whose walk is blameless, than a fool whose lips are perverse.
Desire without knowledge is not good how much more will hasty feet miss the way.
A person’s own folly leads to their ruin, yet their heart rages against the Lord.
Wealth attracts many friends, but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.
A false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever pours out lies will not go free."
Tongaren MP Eseli Simiyu also asked the chair to allow him to read Mathew 6:19, which says; "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal".
Kabura earlier admitted giving her "friend", suspended KCB driver John Kago, Sh60 million in cash without security.
Kago was linked to the Sh791 million NYS scandal, in which Kabura is a key suspect, after Sh346 million was wired to his accounts.
He is said to have received the money from Kabura and Nairobi businessman Ben Gethi, who is also a key suspect in the scam.
The businesswoman also told the PAC that she owns 20 companies but had only registered five by the time she started working with the NYS.
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