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Forum => Kenya Discussion => Topic started by: Omollo on March 13, 2017, 11:33:34 PM
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The good news is that it not Justice Odunga (The Luo). That takes away a lot of sound bytes. It is a Kuria.
That said, there has never been such a Kafkask case in the history of kenya. The perpetrators have ruined themselves for ever. It may not be apparent now but it will be. I hope some day they will be paraded in a proper court and made to answer for this persecution of an innocent man in their hurry to protect thieves.
Omtatah deserves the CGH honour if not The Nobel Prize.
Let Uhuru and Ruto as well as the Cabinet Secretaries produce their own telephone bills while abroad. Some of the heaviest bills I have seen relate to the internet and telephone when abroad and on roaming.
I am sure there are rules that bar the AG from acquiring and using local lines in countries he visits for investigations and other related work. That said a one million shilling bill is peanuts when converted. I am sure if he were to review documents and had to download them Safaricom would make a killing.
The High Court has granted reprieve to Auditor General Edward Ouko after it suspended proceedings before a Parliamentary committee seeking to remove him from office.
Justice Enoch Chacha Mwita issued orders barring the Parliamentary committee from continuing with its proceedings in a petition presented before it against Mr Ouko pending the hearing and determination of a case filed by activist Okiya Omtatah.
“In the meantime, conservatory orders are hereby granted restraining the committee of the National Assembly from further proceeding with that petition, for the avoidance of doubt, no one should act on any recommendations made by the Finance, Planning and Trade Committee until the court determines this case,” the judge said.
Mr Omtatah sued the National Assembly, its Speaker, the Attorney General and Mr Emmanuel Mwagambo Mwagonah over an imminent intent to remove Mr Ouko from office.
Mr Ouko, the Director of Public Prosecutions, the National Police Service, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission and the Senate were listed as interested parties in the case.
According to Mr Omtatah there is a spirited campaign to have Mr Ouko out of his position yet “he is a diligent worker who performs his duties well.”
He has accused Mr Mwagonah who petitioned Parliament to have Mr Ouko sacked and the National Assembly’s Speaker for abusing their powers by aiding the orchestration of a plan aimed at having Mr Ouko fired.
He alleged that that was a deliberate violation of Mr Ouko’s rights to a fair trial and to a good reputation.
He also alleges that since Mr Ouko was cleared by the DPP over corruption allegations, the petition is ill motivated since it relies on similar claims.
PHONE BILL
In the petition before Parliament, Mr Ouko has been accused of wasting public funds by accumulating a Sh1 million phone bill on his iPad while he was abroad.
Mr Ouko has also been accused of irregularly authorising the procurement of an Audit Vault software at Sh100 million instead of Sh18 million.
Other allegations include failing to submit reports to the President and Parliament at the end of financial years, giving an audit firm that was supposed to be auditing his office other work, and buying an office at a cost of Sh10 million in Mombasa, which was never used.
Through lawyer Otiende Amollo, Mr Ouko has personally sued the National Assembly, its Speaker and Clerk as well as the Attorney General. He has also sued the President.
He claims that his right to Fair Administrative Action Act as well as National Assembly’s Standing orders have been violated.
He wants the Speaker of the National Assembly barred from forwarding any recommendations made to the President who is expected to constitute a tribunal to have him investigated.
If recommendations by the committee are forwarded to the President, he is bound to be suspended from his position and will have to be investigated by a tribunal.
Mr Omtatah’s case will be heard on April 10 for further directions.
The Ethnic Rag (http://www.nation.co.ke/news/court-ouko-corruption-omtatah/1056-3848196-kjc4ewz/index.html)