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Forum => Kenya Discussion => Topic started by: Kim Jong-Un's Pajama Pants on February 15, 2016, 11:05:13 PM
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If Josephine Kaburu is to be believed. Josephine was apparently an unsuspecting mule. Does this story explain why EACC would not touch Josephine with a ten foot pole, even as her flamboyant companies were placed right at the heart of the scandal? EACC confirmed recently that they have nothing on Anne Waiguru.
Former Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru received a share of the Sh791 million lost in the NYS scandal, according to a business woman who has been charged in connection with the corruption scandal at the youth agency.
In damning papers filed in court Monday, Ms Josephine Kabura Irungu claims that Ms Waiguru was at the centre of the scandal and knew what was going on all along.
Ms Kabura says Ms Waiguru played a key role in devising devious schemes to divert public attention and mislead investigative agencies from getting to the bottom of the scandal.
The schemes involved slapping the suspects “with funny charges” to assuage public anger, directing blame at third parties — some of them allegedly innocent — and using public officials in elaborate cover-ups.
Ms Kabura is seeking to be enjoined as an interested party in a case filed by the Asset Recovery Agency against eight individuals alleged to have benefited from the Sh791 million NYS scandal. The authority is seeking to recover the money from the eight.
One of them is a businessman identified as Mr John Kago Ndung’u.
According to Ms Kabura, Mr Ndung’u was her business associate and had never done business with NYS.
WAIGURU'S SISTER INVOLVED
Ms Kabura claims that the former CS — who Monday said she would seek the Jubilee nomination in the Nairobi governor’s race next year — planned, facilitated and protected the people involved in the NYS scandal.
She says that Ms Waiguru helped her to register the companies she used to do business with NYS.
Ms Waiguru also gave her specific instructions to open bank accounts for them at Family Bank, she says.
All the accounts were to be opened at the Kenya Tea Development Authority Plaza branch.
“Ms Waiguru called an employee of Family Bank whose role was to ensure that the accounts were opened and operated without any hiccups,” says Ms Kabura.
According to her, the CS instructed her to work closely with the former CS’s sister, Ms Loise Mbarire, who would be given money regularly.
“Most of the time the CS Waiguru would request that I give part profits to a lady named Loise Mbarire, CS Waiguru’s sister, who was supposed to give back the money to me or the CS Waiguru after servicing her deliveries.
“Loise informed me that she worked in a law firm at Finance House on Loita Street. She would come (to the bank) in different vehicles, park in the basement and wait for me to withdraw and take it (the money) down to her, one bag at a time,” Ms Kabura says in her affidavit.
PUBLIC ANGER
When Central Bank questioned the NYS payments, Ms Kabura says that Ms Waiguru called her and several other people for a meeting in her Runda home in which she criticised Mr Adan Harakhe, then a senior NYS official, accusing him of “processing deals behind our backs”.
Among those present were Mr Mutahi Ngunyi, who worked as a consultant for NYS, Mr Hassan Noor, who was the Chief of Staff at the Devolution Ministry, Mr Harakhe and Mr Joseph Mugwanja, the director of the Banking Fraud Department.
“Mr Mutahi Ngunyi advised Madam Waiguru to do an official statement to cool down public anger,” she says in her court papers. “He also advised her to do a backdated letter on the purportedly stolen password ... This backdated letter was dated June 5, 2015.”
During the meeting, Mr Mugwanja was instructed to divert the attention of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission investigators. In return, Ms Waiguru was to help him become the director of CID.
In one revealing statement, Ms Kabura says that after mentioning that she had kept Sh80 million in two safes at her office, Ms Waiguru sent Mr Mugwanja and other officers from his department to collect the money, allegedly for safe-keeping.
“CS Waiguru said they would keep it safely away from even NIS who had been looped into the case,” she says.
Ms Kabura was one of the contractors supplying road building materials for work being done at the Kibera slums at the time. According to her, she kept the money in cash in her office because the CS had informed her that “Jua Kali” suppliers always wanted to be paid in cash.
Others who gave her instructions to either deposit money in bank accounts or “to strangers” were Mr Ngunyi and Mr Harakhe.
On Mr Harakhe, she said: “He also requested me to meet him at his office for our regular meetings and that I take Sh20 million in cash with me, which he told me to hand over to a gentleman only introduced to me as Mohammed.
“In prodding further about why a stranger was being given the Sh20 million, he told me that it was meant to facilitate more business. Further, Mr Harakhe also requested that I deposit Sh40 million in an account number he gave me. I informed the CS Waiguru about the monies requested by Mr Harakhe and she told me that she was aware and that I should make the deposit as he had requested.”
She also says that Ms Waiguru introduced her to two journalists, Mr Mwaniki Munuhe and Mr Maina Kamore. The CS told her that the two were her “media gurus”.
“She informed me that she had been working with these media personalities since she joined the government. She also instructed me to give Mr Mwaniki Munuhe the sum of Sh10 million for purposes of propaganda and to assist clean my name,” she says.
However, matters started taking a turn for the worse when Ms Kabura was informed that she would be arrested and that she would have to spend a night at the Kileleshwa Police Station before being charged with abuse of office the next day.
"FUNNY CHARGES"
The CS had informed her that her name would be included on the charge sheet with her three companies but since there was delivery of works and genuine merchants documents with proper payment process done, Ms Waiguru had assured her that only “funny charges” would be preferred against her.
“That charge as promised, would be abuse of office and breach of public trust,” she said.
The CS had said that this would reduce the pressure for her to step aside and the charges would technically water down her case and also make it easy for the CS to assist her when public interest in the case subsided.
“CS Waiguru also informed me that she had pushed for charges of many people, including the permanent secretary and director-general so that she would not be implicated anywhere.
According to the CS, the idea was to paint the image of a vicious and uncontrollable cartel of crooked people working with senior officers, which then was beyond the control of the CS,” she says.
http://www.nation.co.ke/news/I-shared-NYS-loot-with-Anne-Waiguru/-/1056/3078300/-/uge7ev/-/index.html
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She is crooked to the hilt.
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She is crooked to the hilt.
Josephine's appears to be quite an interesting case. A CS sets her up with a legitimate business. Money is flowing in and she has no idea how; Waiguru's sister is apparently delivering the products; it's raining money; how does one then turn around and accuse her of defrauding wanjiku? Is there anything illegal in that arrangement? She has no influence on who gets the tenders. The client is happy why should she stop? What is she guilty of?
What about the CS? In a more serious country, even without the corruption, I see her running into trouble with conflict of interest and related problems. In EACC's defence, they never really interviewed Josephine Kaburu from the little I can gather. It took a special effort and they made it.
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I read the lady's affidavit. The newspapers do not appear to be reporting this in a completely accurate manner, and it seems that Kenyans are about to get hoodwinked some more. Basically she is stating that the Sh. 791 million was paid to her companies for legitimate services, that all those supposedly involved in any fraud have few or any connections to her, that is there is any fraud it has nothing to do with her, etc. etc. etc. Some of the statements she makes that seem incriminating of others are not really so on a careful reading. Her goal appears to be to keep whatever money she got and to muddy the waters in the chase after others involved.
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In EACC's defence, they never really interviewed Josephine Kaburu from the little I can gather. It took a special effort and they made it.
This is what her affidavit says:
94.THAT 791m was paid to my companies after delivering Road Construction Materials using valid NYS LPOs and
payments made properly .
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99.THAT I have never been interrogated by the EACC in connection with the 791m worth of NYS contracts.
Here:
https://www.scribd.com/doc/299339430/210071-pdf
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It credible. You don't just siphon 790M without the top guy (lady). Now Tobiko and EACC have the smoking gun they need to get Waiguru.
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EACC "cleared" Waiguru without even interrogating the main suspect Josephine Kabura.
What a scam.
It credible. You don't just siphon 790M without the top guy (lady). Now Tobiko and EACC have the smoking gun they need to get Waiguru.
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I want to give them the benefit of doubt. Without Kaburu confession, there was nothing criminally linking Waiguru to this until now. Suspicion is NOT enough for EACC and Tobiko. Lots of people were similarly cleared in other investigations. We should not get into this defeatist mentality that nothing can be done by EACC, Tobiko or our courts.
Ngilu,Kamau(CS) are facing criminal charges and so are many others...EACC are now more swift and Tobiko for me has not been appreciated for the work he has been doing.
Let give EACC and Tobiko time to deal with this.
Previously they had nothing. Now they have something. By now EACC should approach Kaburu for some plea bargain....if she is willing to act as a witness for state...in exchange she returns the money and serve small time in prison.
EACC "cleared" Waiguru without even interrogating the main suspect Josephine Kabura.
What a scam.
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By now EACC should approach Kaburu for some plea bargain....if she is willing to act as a witness for state...in exchange she returns the money and serve small time in prison.
EACC was supposedly looking into this, but they did not bother to interview the company through whose companies was eaten? Anyway, this is Kenya; nobody is going to prison here.
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Waiguru will invoke the " double jeopardy" rule.
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Nothing will happen here. Even Goldenberg cases are still in court.
I want to give them the benefit of doubt. Without Kaburu confession, there was nothing criminally linking Waiguru to this until now. Suspicion is NOT enough for EACC and Tobiko. Lots of people were similarly cleared in other investigations. We should not get into this defeatist mentality that nothing can be done by EACC, Tobiko or our courts.
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I want to give them the benefit of doubt. Without Kaburu confession, there was nothing criminally linking Waiguru to this until now. Suspicion is NOT enough for EACC and Tobiko. Lots of people were similarly cleared in other investigations. We should not get into this defeatist mentality that nothing can be done by EACC, Tobiko or our courts.
Ngilu,Kamau(CS) are facing criminal charges and so are many others...EACC are now more swift and Tobiko for me has not been appreciated for the work he has been doing.
Let give EACC and Tobiko time to deal with this.
Previously they had nothing. Now they have something. By now EACC should approach Kaburu for some plea bargain....if she is willing to act as a witness for state...in exchange she returns the money and serve small time in prison.
EACC "cleared" Waiguru without even interrogating the main suspect Josephine Kabura.
What a scam.
They made a special effort to NOT interrogate Josephine. I remember mentioning this obvious anomaly as the scandal unfolded. Chickengate has been there for the taking for more than a year now.
To be fair, they are not the only institution in Kenya that don't deserve the benefit of the doubt. The entire ecology of institutions is polluted with corruption. It's a booming mini-economy fueled by corruption. A nobody opens a company and within months is swimming in millions public money; even when you consider she was mostly used as a conduit.
It sounds cynical, but how can you not be? They have to re-earn the benefit of the doubt. If I had my way, I would just disband EACC.
If you steal too much, it's a no-brainer you can easily buy your way through the system in Kenya; Joseph Mugwanja would appear to be a perfect example in this affidavit. That is why when they loot, they take the kitchen sink as well.
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EACC have nailed many folks recently including Shollei and others.
Now they are going to re-open Waiguru files..and we should see what happens.
We cannot afford to become cynical and give up..we have to keep improving and moving forward...every little step ought to be celebrated.
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IG of police orders probe on his officers
http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Boinnet-orders-probe-on-officers-over-NYS-scam/-/1056/3080698/-/jt7i8p/-/index.html
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Who will probe the officers probing the other officers? :D :D :D
IG of police orders probe on his officers
http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Boinnet-orders-probe-on-officers-over-NYS-scam/-/1056/3080698/-/jt7i8p/-/index.html
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Who will probe the officers probing the other officers? :D :D :D
IG of police orders probe on his officers
http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Boinnet-orders-probe-on-officers-over-NYS-scam/-/1056/3080698/-/jt7i8p/-/index.html (http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Boinnet-orders-probe-on-officers-over-NYS-scam/-/1056/3080698/-/jt7i8p/-/index.html)
It's window dressing. If it gets too hot, Mugwanja may be dropped. Even be charged with funny charges. And then wait for time to do its magic.
EACC is also back on Waiguru. If enough noise is made about Chickengate, they might call Trevy Oyombra in for interrogation.
When things get hot, they shuffle their feet. They go through motions. You might recognize the behavior of a wayward child who wont do something unless you are literally pushing them.
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Its called forgiving. Nobody was ever prosecuted in the 2007 chaos. Lots of murderers running around
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I disagree. Chickengate stalled because the requested evidence had not be availed. I think the UK's serious crime office is sending them soon and we should see it going. In the meantime Trevy accounts are frozen. It a shame of course that IEBC commissioners are still in office.
As regard the police office...we have seen some efforts in vetting and wedding out the extremely corrupt ones....we saw police move with speed during Pastor Nganga and I think CID will do their job.
In short I think we are slowly turning the corner as far as the fight against impunity goes. It might appear slow...but that is because this is big ship turning.
It's window dressing. If it gets too hot, Mugwanja may be dropped. Even be charged with funny charges. And then wait for time to do its magic.
EACC is also back on Waiguru. If enough noise is made about Chickengate, they might call Trevy Oyombra in for interrogation.
When things get hot, they shuffle their feet. They go through motions. You might recognize the behavior of a wayward child who wont do something unless you are literally pushing them.
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I disagree. Chickengate stalled because the requested evidence had not be availed. I think the UK's serious crime office is sending them soon and we should see it going. In the meantime Trevy accounts are frozen. It a shame of course that IEBC commissioners are still in office.
As regard the police office...we have seen some efforts in vetting and wedding out the extremely corrupt ones....we saw police move with speed during Pastor Nganga and I think CID will do their job.
In short I think we are slowly turning the corner as far as the fight against impunity goes. It might appear slow...but that is because this is big ship turning.
It's window dressing. If it gets too hot, Mugwanja may be dropped. Even be charged with funny charges. And then wait for time to do its magic.
EACC is also back on Waiguru. If enough noise is made about Chickengate, they might call Trevy Oyombra in for interrogation.
When things get hot, they shuffle their feet. They go through motions. You might recognize the behavior of a wayward child who wont do something unless you are literally pushing them.
It's good to have a positive outlook. But given history recent and ancient, I think it's obvious the joke is on us. These guys are convinced Kenyans who think things can be done differently are fools and they keep having the last laugh.
Just imagine how hard it is for the regular Kenyan with good ideas to even get in edgewise and contribute when you have crooks blocking the way.
For example your IT company may have the best solutions on the planet, employing resourceful kids putting in an honest day's work, but you are not Waiguru's(or some other shady character) friend. Instead they'll hire out a crook who will deliver hot air, employ no one, charge an arm and a leg, and share the loot. Granted, a simplification, but it is not too far from the real picture.
I am thinking one way to go. Outsource the process, the entire life cycle(investigations, prosecutions, trial etc) to FBI, Scotland Yard, ICC or whatever for a fee and commissions. Kenyans can then be left to focus on more pressing issues.
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Pundit,
The corner you are talking about must be a very long one. Four years and still turning the corner. Am an optimist but this is not one to be optimistic about. I believe in action rather than the constant warnings that bear no fruit. In my neighborhood, a tree is replaced as soon as it doesn't bear fruit.
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As regard the police office...we have seen some efforts in vetting and wedding out the extremely corrupt ones....we saw police move with speed during Pastor Nganga and I think CID will do their job.
Vetting and weeding out the worst elements does not, of itself, amount to real reform: If you start with a thoroughly bad lot and remove the worst elements, you still end up with a pretty bad bunch. What then needs to be done is to work on the remaining lot, and that hasn't happened here. The Kenyan police force is largely unchanged, as far as corruption goes, and it is business as usual. And a solitary case like that of the pastor fellow does not indicate any real change. Does anyone really believe that the Kenyan police have changed?
(This just in: http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Police-boss-annuls-circular-on-transfers/-/1056/3080898/-/jf496v/-/index.html )
There is also a negative aspect of the vetting and weeding-out, or, more precisely, the lack of "follow up": Those sent home had mostly made large sums of money that they couldn't explain----guys swimming in money, properties all over the place, not even touching their police salaries for years .... and claiming that it all came from the chicken-and-vegetable businesses of their wives! They got sent home, but nobody has thought to look into their corrupt activities and punish them; they are now off enjoying their loot. What that tells the remaining ones is not that corruption doesn't pay, but that if you are going to indulge, make sure you make enough for when they catch up with you.
This last aspect is also part of the explanation why corruption, wherever it is, continues in Kenya: at the high, and most damaging, levels, there is no consequence to indulging in the vice. Anglo Leasing, Goldenburg, etc. ... people just walk away with "their" loot while noise continues all over the place.
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Pundit,
The corner you are talking about must be a very long one. Four years and still turning the corner. Am an optimist but this is not one to be optimistic about. I believe in action rather than the constant warnings that bear no fruit. In my neighborhood, a tree is replaced as soon as it doesn't bear fruit.
There are some treacherous roads---including major ones---in the Rift Valley. Be careless negotiating some corner, and you will find yourself down a deep ravine or something like that---in mangled metal. That's the kind of corner-turning that we have in this case.
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It's good to have a positive outlook. But given history recent and ancient, I think it's obvious the joke is on us. These guys are convinced Kenyans who think things can be done differently are fools and they keep having the last laugh.
One may argue that they are not "nice" people, but it's hard to fault them on logic or a "business" sense: They keep looting. If information on a big one slips out, and there's a public hue-and-cry, they produce a smoke-and-mirrors show---people are "quizzed", statements are "recorded", stern warnings are given. Then things eventually go quiet, and it's back to business as usual ... until the next time. Why on earth would they want to change?
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Central Bank appointment was one of the best. Am sure he has friends. Stop appointing friends of politicians then Chances of corruption is reduced.
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If you think kenya has not move an inch forward in the last few years, then I guess we fundamentally disagree. There is a lot of empirical evidence to the contrary. Although there have been setback I feel the country is moving forward every year.
Let not swing from one single issue to the next...to reform a country or the police..will take many years...and I'll continue to celebrate any small gains.
I am celebrating the fact that Waiguru and police mentioned are facing another probe.
We are not going to match developed world standards anytime soon...esp in areas we are really at the bottom of the pile...like police, corruption, etc.
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I want to give them the benefit of doubt. Without Kaburu confession, there was nothing criminally linking Waiguru to this until now. Suspicion is NOT enough for EACC and Tobiko. Lots of people were similarly cleared in other investigations. We should not get into this defeatist mentality that nothing can be done by EACC, Tobiko or our courts.
Ngilu,Kamau(CS) are facing criminal charges and so are many others...EACC are now more swift and Tobiko for me has not been appreciated for the work he has been doing.
Let give EACC and Tobiko time to deal with this.
Previously they had nothing. Now they have something. By now EACC should approach Kaburu for some plea bargain....if she is willing to act as a witness for state...in exchange she returns the money and serve small time in prison.
Pundit,
This are very sad statements coming from you,
it almost sounds like one of the Itumbi paid bloggers that ren you and omollo out of nipate,com
EACC is irredeemably compromised and the only thing that can be done is to disband it
Even the law that created EACC is compromised because it was made under the supervision of the
corrupt people it was supposed to apprehend.
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I think Ngilu,Shollei, NYS director, CS Kamau and others who have been ensared by EACC will want to disagree.
Uhuru also finally acted and sent home some 170 folks that EACC had opened files.
All that is progress! We just need to sustain it!
If you're public servant (not a politician elected by kenyans) you should be forced out of office anytime a file is open on you by police or eacc.
Matemu and commissioners also left..those who replaced them have been mute though.
We know have to fire the current secretariat and get a new team.That Harrake guy doesn't inspire confidence at all.
My preference if we are serious is to get some mzungu like Leakey to head EACC and Police force. We've tried wakina big word Lumumba and judge ringera..but mwafrika ni bure sana.
Somebody who is incorruptible. Maybe we can outsource this to some retired police head from commonwealth.
Bottomline..we have go to do with what we have...and for now we are making small progress here and there....but that is still progress.
Waiguru left cabinet and is now sweating. That to me is huge.
This are very sad statements coming from you,
it almost sounds like one of the Itumbi paid bloggers that ren you and omollo out of nipate,com
EACC is irredeemably compromised and the only thing that can be done is to disband it
Even the law that created EACC is compromised because it was made under the supervision of the
corrupt people it was supposed to apprehend.
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Vetting and weeding out the worst elements does not, of itself, amount to real reform: If you start with a thoroughly bad lot and remove the worst elements, you still end up with a pretty bad bunch. What then needs to be done is to work on the remaining lot, and that hasn't happened here. The Kenyan police force is largely unchanged, as far as corruption goes, and it is business as usual. And a solitary case like that of the pastor fellow does not indicate any real change. Does anyone really believe that the Kenyan police have changed?
(This just in: http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Police-boss-annuls-circular-on-transfers/-/1056/3080898/-/jf496v/-/index.html )
There is also a negative aspect of the vetting and weeding-out, or, more precisely, the lack of "follow up": Those sent home had mostly made large sums of money that they couldn't explain----guys swimming in money, properties all over the place, not even touching their police salaries for years .... and claiming that it all came from the chicken-and-vegetable businesses of their wives! They got sent home, but nobody has thought to look into their corrupt activities and punish them; they are now off enjoying their loot. What that tells the remaining ones is not that corruption doesn't pay, but that if you are going to indulge, make sure you make enough for when they catch up with you.
This last aspect is also part of the explanation why corruption, wherever it is, continues in Kenya: at the high, and most damaging, levels, there is no consequence to indulging in the vice. Anglo Leasing, Goldenburg, etc. ... people just walk away with "their" loot while noise continues all over the place.
Bribery claims rock police vetting
Fresh bribery claims have hit the National Police Service Commission (NPSC). Some senior officials have been accused of receiving huge bribes to clear corrupt officers during vetting
A confidential letter purportedly authored by disgruntled police officers and addressed to President Uhuru Kenyatta claimed as much as Sh1.5 million was paid to some members of the commission to clear senior officers with questionable integrity. The Standard established that the bribery allegations had split the commission. At the centre of the claims are 12 senior police officers said to have been cleared after paying bribes. It was alleged the cost of clearing corrupt senior officers ranged from Sh300,000 to Sh500,000, although some paid as much as Sh1.5 million.
Read more at: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000190994/bribery-claims-rock-police-vetting
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If we were serious; then president should order investigation into this; assuming there is some prima-facia evidence. But this is very much expected from a country where everyone is corrupt. We have to keep moving forward.
Bribery claims rock police vetting
Fresh bribery claims have hit the National Police Service Commission (NPSC). Some senior officials have been accused of receiving huge bribes to clear corrupt officers during vetting
A confidential letter purportedly authored by disgruntled police officers and addressed to President Uhuru Kenyatta claimed as much as Sh1.5 million was paid to some members of the commission to clear senior officers with questionable integrity. The Standard established that the bribery allegations had split the commission. At the centre of the claims are 12 senior police officers said to have been cleared after paying bribes. It was alleged the cost of clearing corrupt senior officers ranged from Sh300,000 to Sh500,000, although some paid as much as Sh1.5 million.
Read more at: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000190994/bribery-claims-rock-police-vetting
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I think Ngilu,Shollei, NYS director, CS Kamau and others who have been ensared by EACC will want to disagree.
Uhuru also finally acted and sent home some 170 folks that EACC had opened files.
All that is progress! We just need to sustain it!
If you're public servant (not a politician elected by kenyans) you should be forced out of office anytime a file is open on you by police or eacc.
Matemu and commissioners also left..those who replaced them have been mute though.
We know have to fire the current secretariat and get a new team.That Harrake guy doesn't inspire confidence at all.
My preference if we are serious is to get some mzungu like Leakey to head EACC and Police force. We've tried wakina big word Lumumba and judge ringera..but mwafrika ni bure sana.
Somebody who is incorruptible. Maybe we can outsource this to some retired police head from commonwealth.
Bottomline..we have go to do with what we have...and for now we are making small progress here and there....but that is still progress.
Waiguru left cabinet and is now sweating. That to me is huge.
Pundit,
Do you honestly think there is anybody in GOK that wants an effective anti-corruption body ?
If the most respected anti-corruption fighter from the most respected commonwealth country
turned up in .ke and offered to work for EACC for free....he would be rejected and run out of town.
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I think everyone agrees that our corruption levels are just not sustainable.
We want some corruption..little stealing here and there..but not just padding zeros to figures.
Even the thieves knows that with that kind of corruption, them and their stolen money are not save.
Besides it looks good for everyone to be seen to fight corruption...so parliament can buy this idea.
I believe humans are inherently good. It part of our self interest for survival.
Pundit,
Do you honestly think there is anybody in GOK that wants an effective anti-corruption body ?
If the most respected anti-corruption fighter from the most respected commonwealth country
turned up in .ke and offered to work for EACC for free....he would be rejected and run out of town.
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If you think kenya has not move an inch forward in the last few years, then I guess we fundamentally disagree. There is a lot of empirical evidence to the contrary. Although there have been setback I feel the country is moving forward every year.
Let not swing from one single issue to the next...to reform a country or the police..will take many years...and I'll continue to celebrate any small gains.
I am celebrating the fact that Waiguru and police mentioned are facing another probe.
We are not going to match developed world standards anytime soon...esp in areas we are really at the bottom of the pile...like police, corruption, etc.
We just have to match Kagame's Rwanda.
Granted there was a time the looter was completely unmolested. Now they can endure humiliation and grilling. Even trials. That is definitely a step forward from the days of total impunity.
That said, EACC is a complete joke. Josephine's companies were at the heart of this NYS saga and not once was she even contacted. I don't believe that was accidental or just plain incompetence.
Had she just agreed to go down quietly, the so called fresh look at a Waiguru does not happen.
If the affidavit is true, then Waiguru is not only corrupt, but pretty evil. Making innocent parties take the fall for a crime they did not even benefit from.
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We just have to match Kagame's Rwanda.
Granted there was a time the looter was completely unmolested. Now they can endure humiliation and grilling. Even trials. That is definitely a step forward from the days of total impunity.
That said, EACC is a complete joke. Josephine's companies were at the heart of this NYS saga and not once was she even contacted. I don't believe that was accidental or just plain incompetence.
Had she just agreed to go down quietly, the so called fresh look at a Waiguru does not happen.
If the affidavit is true, then Waiguru is not only corrupt, but pretty evil. Making innocent parties take the fall for a crime they did not even benefit from.
Yes it was not accidental or incompetence, its was outright corruption, EACC actively participating in corrupt deals
EACC does completely opposite of what its mandated to do, its become a clearing house for corruption cases.
e.g When EACC was called in to investigate TASIA housing project corruption, some of the investigators ended
up being allocated houses in the project. Those EACC officials still own the houses and have not been prosecuted.
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Kagame corrupt free Rwanda would be great but we will have to lose our freedoms and cherished democracy. I'd rather we remain with our free for all corruption.
Now that is the progress I'm talking about. We are yet to overturn completely the corruption risk-reward matrix but it definitely getting more risker to steal.
We have to tighten the controls...this kind of theft should have been detected...IFMIS need to be more robust...you cannot just pad zeros!
Another good progress...is that we are now attempting to recover proceeds of illegal proceeds...like in this case the assets and monies have been frozen.
This is now possible because we passed the law that make it possible for gov to seize any proceeds from criminal activity. This is going to make corruption even more futile.
As for Waiguru...let wait and see..the affidavit is pretty strong.
My point is simple...rather than wringing hands in cynicism and self-defeat...we have to keep pushing and suggesting changes that can help us attain developed world standards on matter fighting graft.
We just have to match Kagame's Rwanda.
Granted there was a time the looter was completely unmolested. Now they can endure humiliation and grilling. Even trials. That is definitely a step forward from the days of total impunity.
That said, EACC is a complete joke. Josephine's companies were at the heart of this NYS saga and not once was she even contacted. I don't believe that was accidental or just plain incompetence.
Had she just agreed to go down quietly, the so called fresh look at a Waiguru does not happen.
If the affidavit is true, then Waiguru is not only corrupt, but pretty evil. Making innocent parties take the fall for a crime they did not even benefit from.
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Maybe we need to pass a law that reward with certain % the whistle blowers and investigators of graft. Otherwise for now....EACC need yet another vetting and shake up.
Yes it was not accidental or incompetence, its was outright corruption, EACC actively participating in corrupt deals
EACC does completely opposite of what its mandated to do, its become a clearing house for corruption cases.
e.g When EACC was called in to investigate TASIA housing project corruption, some of the investigators ended
up being allocated houses in the project. Those EACC officials still own the houses and have not been prosecuted.
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But wait! There's More!
What the hairdresser should have done is do what the clever people---step forward, M. Ngunyi---did: Instead of claiming to provide construction services and materials, go for consultancies. With the former, people expect things they can see with their own eyes, and they will make judgements; with the latter, reports and .ppt slides will do for the "delivery", and who, but the receiver, knows their "worth"?
The new figure is inclusive of the Sh791 million that authorities said was fraudulently paid out by NYS to suppliers and for which a dozen suspects are facing charges in court.
Of the Sh2 billion, more than Sh1.2 billion was paid out in consultancies alone, and a further Sh845 million was paid out for supplies delivered to the key government parastatal.
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000192178/revealed-firms-in-nys-sh2-billion-deals
This "our government" is definitely delivering to "our people".
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Pundit
Uhuru is not the only one to blame. The whole system sucks. Mpigs are the worst.
This laws should have been in place 20yrs ago
Maybe we need to pass a law that reward with certain % the whistle blowers and investigators of graft. Otherwise for now....EACC need yet another vetting and shake up.
Yes it was not accidental or incompetence, its was outright corruption, EACC actively participating in corrupt deals
EACC does completely opposite of what its mandated to do, its become a clearing house for corruption cases.
e.g When EACC was called in to investigate TASIA housing project corruption, some of the investigators ended
up being allocated houses in the project. Those EACC officials still own the houses and have not been prosecuted.
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Pundit,
Do you agree that ruto is one of the most corrupt deputy president in East Africa? Uhuru should start with his partner and then all the lower ranking cadre state officers will tow the line
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How do you suggest he does that. Ruto is a DPORK ELECTED by the people and cannot be fired..unless on grounds well specified by our constitution. He is not Uhuru's appointee.
Legally Ruto, Kidero, Sonko, Uhuru, Raila and the whole bunch can only be kicked out of office by...FINDING THEM GUILTY, Jailing them for more than six months..and giving them time to exhaust all avenues of appeals and reviews.
There are folks who want to deliberately confuse chapter 6. It simply doesn't apply to Mps, PORK, DPORK, Governors.This was long settled by courts...who threw such cases with costs...when some folks running to court claiming ICC indicted folks couldn't not possibly ran.
Anybody else...constitution chapter six should be used...they are not elected and therefore un-protected...and should be kicked out whenever there is any whiff of suspicion.
Ruto and Uhuru were kicked out by chapter six...sometimes in 2010...and therefore this kind of questions are totally incredibly ignorant.
Pundit,
Do you agree that ruto is one of the most corrupt deputy president in East Africa? Uhuru should start with his partner and then all the lower ranking cadre state officers will tow the line
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But wait! There's More!
What the hairdresser should have done is do what the clever people---step forward, M. Ngunyi---did: Instead of claiming to provide construction services and materials, go for consultancies. With the former, people expect things they can see with their own eyes, and they will make judgements; with the latter, reports and .ppt slides will do for the "delivery", and who, but the receiver, knows their "worth"?
The new figure is inclusive of the Sh791 million that authorities said was fraudulently paid out by NYS to suppliers and for which a dozen suspects are facing charges in court.
Of the Sh2 billion, more than Sh1.2 billion was paid out in consultancies alone, and a further Sh845 million was paid out for supplies delivered to the key government parastatal.
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000192178/revealed-firms-in-nys-sh2-billion-deals (http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000192178/revealed-firms-in-nys-sh2-billion-deals)
This "our government" is definitely delivering to "our people".
Even more remarkable I now suspect the hauls were made in cash. It would be entertaining to see how many trips the hairdresser consultant whoever has not yet squealed had to make to haul the moneys from bank to Waiguru Waiguru's sister the alleged contact point. It's a full time job, just collecting the cash.
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Even more remarkable I now suspect the hauls were made in cash. It would be entertaining to see how many trips the hairdresser consultant whoever has not yet squealed had to make to haul the moneys from bank to Waiguru Waiguru's sister the alleged contact point. It's a full time job, just collecting the cash.
A lesson that drug lords learned early on in their game: minimize the involvement of banks. That (a) makes it harder to trace the real recipient, and (b) complicates life for law-enforcement types who are minded to get court orders for seizures.
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Inspector Clouseau says he now has new files with new information:
“We have received files from the CID. The files have good information that has opened new avenues for investigations which had we been aware of we would have investigated,” said the chairman.
“We will take available information from the files together with information that has emerged from the affidavit and I am sure that from this we shall make a conclusive probe on the matter,” he added.
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000192299/eacc-shifts-blame-of-bungled-sh791-million-probe-on-cid/
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Inspector Clouseau says he now has new files with new information:
“We have received files from the CID. The files have good information that has opened new avenues for investigations which had we been aware of we would have investigated,” said the chairman.
“We will take available information from the files together with information that has emerged from the affidavit and I am sure that from this we shall make a conclusive probe on the matter,” he added.
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000192299/eacc-shifts-blame-of-bungled-sh791-million-probe-on-cid/ (http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000192299/eacc-shifts-blame-of-bungled-sh791-million-probe-on-cid/)
They evidently could not realize that there is no way a hairdresser would be moving those numbers without an insider. A big insider. It never crosses their mind that there might be something odd. Because CID did not tell them. Time for more investigations.
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I am told that there is an affidavit from the whistleblower doing rounds. If someone has a link, please post. I want to read it for my evening entertainment.
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Am supprised nobody from the opposition hasn't questioned uhurus "naïveté " regarding Anne's escapades.
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Am supprised nobody from the opposition hasn't questioned uhurus "naïveté " regarding Anne's escapades.
I don't know if it's naivette or just helplessness. This is a mafia state. One wrong move could cost your life. I wouldn't be surprised if the scandal has both Jubilee and CORD protagonists. It will take an external agency to sort it out.
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Are you kidding?
CORD sleeps with Jubilee guys every day. That's why there's nobody screaming around at CORD. The only naive people are the citizens.
Am supprised nobody from the opposition hasn't questioned uhurus "naïveté " regarding Anne's escapades.
I don't know if it's naivette or just helplessness. This is a mafia state. One wrong move could cost your life. I wouldn't be surprised if the scandal has both Jubilee and CORD protagonists. It will take an external agency to sort it out.
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Are you kidding?
CORD sleeps with Jubilee guys every day. That's why there's nobody screaming around at CORD. The only naive people are the citizens.
Am supprised nobody from the opposition hasn't questioned uhurus "naïveté " regarding Anne's escapades.
I don't know if it's naivette or just helplessness. This is a mafia state. One wrong move could cost your life. I wouldn't be surprised if the scandal has both Jubilee and CORD protagonists. It will take an external agency to sort it out.
That's what I am saying. It's silly when someone complains about corruption and then suggests CORD is the solution. When did you last hear of any serious ideas in parliament from Jubilee or CORD against these scams? They don't even bother with lip service anymore.
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Agreed. CORD is no solution.
Are you kidding?
CORD sleeps with Jubilee guys every day. That's why there's nobody screaming around at CORD. The only naive people are the citizens.
Am supprised nobody from the opposition hasn't questioned uhurus "naïveté " regarding Anne's escapades.
I don't know if it's naivette or just helplessness. This is a mafia state. One wrong move could cost your life. I wouldn't be surprised if the scandal has both Jubilee and CORD protagonists. It will take an external agency to sort it out.
That's what I am saying. It's silly when someone complains about corruption and then suggests CORD is the solution. When did you last hear of any serious ideas in parliament from Jubilee or CORD against these scams? They don't even bother with lip service anymore.