PROF. NYON'GO'S QUESTIONS

[miguna]

HERE ARE THE QUESTIONS:

Saturday, November 19, 2005

Prof Nyong'o listed the questions as follows:-

To Mr Kimunya: When we left New York after the (Millennium Development Goals) MDG summit and he stopped over in London, whom did he see, what did he say and what did he do?

To Mr Mwiraria: Who returned the Anglo Leasing cheques worth billions of shillings?

What is the Miscellaneous Revenue Account, and how much money is in it? Where has this money come from?

To Murungi: Do you know a man called Peter Eigen? What did you tell him about Anglo-Leasing when you were in Berlin last year? You said sometime that Anglo Leasing is a scandal that never was, then what is KACC continuing to investigate?

To Dr Murungaru and Mr John Michuki: You both have run the Internal Security ministry; what have you done about Anglo Leasing? Why haven't some of the people been questioned by police? Is somebody shielding some of these people from being investigated by KACC?

The scandal was exposed in Parliament on April 2, 2004, by Ntonyiri MP Maoka Maore, and involved the revision of a Sh800 million project in the ministry of Home Affairs for the issuing of tamper-proof passports. Payments were approved and made without Parliament's approval.

The firm was given huge commissions, but when the scandal was uncovered the money was promptly returned, leading Mr Murungi to declare that Anglo Leasing was "the scandal that never was".

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[job]

Miguna,

In response to Nyong'o's questions, did you read the reaction by Mwalimu Mati, the government mole currently heading Transparency International, Kenya Chapter?

It was preposterous that he defended Kiraitu Murungi claiming that Murungi never told Mr. Eigen that Anglo Leasing funds were meant to bankroll the referendum campaigns.

Clearly, Mr. Eigen himself never denied giving Nyong'o the said dossier, yet the man proclaiming to be Kenya's chief whistle blower, absolves the same man under question. Phew! Where are we heading to, with this open and blatant tribalism and cronyism?

Like Bo Goranssen adviced, the Anglo Leasing scandal must be acutely and culturally maintained alive.

Was it not the same Murungi who helped keep the Goldenberg scandal alive? Did he not make friends with Eigen and Githongo while sojourning and tracking down the Goldenberg files?

He unwittingly confirmed that Anglo Leasing was actually not a "scandal that never was", when he admitted to Mr. Eigen in Berlin, that they needed that cash to finance the Banana campaigns, "a government project".

This is not surprising since Murungi is well known for his knack at belching out secrets and concealed schemes over a beer conversation.

I can bet you he gave this out over a drink with Eigen who promptly passed it over to Nyong'o, just the same way he (Murungi) previously revealed to Nyong'o about Muite, Musyimi, & Mutua's tribalistic schemes in Mageuzi/Ufungamano, while tipsy.

This Murungi is quite a good candidate to converse with journalists over beer.

Anyway, we must join Nyong'o in publicly demanding for immediate answers, through an inquiry.

Unlike Parliament, or KACC which has failed to thoroughly probe the Mwirarias, your fraternity of lawyers, need to start preparing groundwork for Anglo Leasing Inquiry, as the suspects continue concealing their tracks and trails.

Job.

[job]

Folks,

Here's some BBC reported hints last month where Mr. Eigen admits that his closeness with people around Kibaki, hinders TI's perfomance to watch for corruption.

Remember that in the Moi years, TI got a lot of its dossier from the same guys now in power, Kibaki, Murungi & co.

Kenya 'close to anti-corruption group'

By James Whittington
BBC World Service business reporter



President Kibaki's government has been dogged by corruption claims
The head of the leading anti-corruption group, Transparency International (TI), has admitted that he and representatives in Kenya are too close to the government of President Mwai Kibaki.

The comments by the founder and chairman of the anti-corruption group, Peter Eigen, come as the yearly survey of global corruption by TI is published.

Kenya is ranked as one of the most corrupt countries in the world.

Along with Sudan, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo it is joint 144th of 158 nations in TI's latest Corruption Perception Index.


'Like gluttons'

"We lost credibility because of our close friendship with the people around President Kibaki and that went so far that it became difficult for us to speak up about things that we didn't like," Peter Eigen told the BBC's World Business Report.

President Mwai Kibaki was elected at the end of 2002 on an anti-corruption ticket ending 24 years of rule by Daniel Arap Moi.

Peter Eigen told the BBC: "Our representatives are automatically very close to the new Government. When President Moi was voted out of office, we were all delighted. We were perhaps blind to the fact that our team was too close to the Kibaki Government".

Allegations of corruption within Kenya's new Government began to circulate within weeks of President Kibaki taking office, despite his election pledges.

Last year, the UK high commissioner to Kenya launched a scathing attack on its failure to tackle the problem. Edward Clay said that corruption had cost Kenya hundreds of millions of dollars since Mr Kibaki took office in December 2002.

He said corrupt ministers were "eating like gluttons" and "vomiting on the shoes" of donors.

Further problems came this year.

'Alarm signal'

In February, John Githongo, a former head of TI in Kenya who became the government's anti-corruption Czar fled the country for fear of his life.

A few months later his successor at TI says she was forced from her job for being too critical of the government.

Kenya's new leader vowed to clean up after predecessor Daniel Moi

Gladwell Otieno the former Executive Director of TI in Nairobi told the BBC's World Business Report that she was forced to resign in April by the country's board, led by Chairman Joe Wangui, who, she says, is a close associate of President Mwai Kibaki and his government. The reason, she says was her criticism of corruption in Kenya.

"It does tend to cast a shadow over the credibility of Transparency International at a very important moment in the history of this country, and it tends to play into the hands of those who have no interest in pushing forward the anti-corruption agenda," she said from her home in Nairobi.

"Regrettably, if there is not a decisive move to restore the credibility of TI then unfortunately all the undoubtedly good work which is done by TI will be overshadowed by these sort of incidents".

Peter Eigen said that TI was still looking at what to do about the Kenyan Chapter and he hoped to have a solution soon.

"This should be in the future an alarm signal to us as a movement that we should make sure in a situation like that safeguards are taken that a Chapter retains its objectivity. Because otherwise it is a useless arm of the Government and doesn't help in the fight against corruption," he said.

[miguna]

Job:

Yes, Job, I saw that pathetic man's response to questions that were not addressed to him. From the last time I checked, I saw Kiraitu still alive and kicking - and in Kenya. So, Kiraitu could have answered questions directed at him. The rumble from Mwalimu somebody speaks volumes...And I hope that it has not escaped your notice that Nyong'o's questions were "restrained" by the recent frivolous and vexatious defamation action against our good Professor by the mouthful Kimunya.

As for the Muite, Katava and Mutua's naked tribalistic agendas, the organization they locked Nyong'o out of was MWANGAZA TRUST, the precursor to SAFINA. If you noticed, even Safina regurgitated all the Kenyan Nationalists that strayed into it - My own SONU Chairman Wafula Buke, Mwandawiro Mgangha, and others. They exposed themselves long time ago. That is very good for Kenya.

Otherwise, let us show them how the game is played on Monday, unless they are cooking another cowardly trick, which we shall also deal with, head-on. As my people say - "we shall play CARPET when the need arises; DABAL when there is need for it..." You get me?

[unedited]

[job]

Miguna,

Excellent. I agree, Monday will be a defining moment for Kenya. A NO statement will definitely be a plus in the concurrent fight to unearth the Anglo Leasing ghosts, which Nyong'o has boldly chosen to lead. I can assure, he has Kenyans on his back.

I stumbled across this POWERFUL speech given by the World Bank President, when he visited Kenya some time back. I've cut some portions since it was quite long.

The World Bank is drumming the same message that Bo Gorassen was telling Kibaki. You may also notice other salient hints.

A Moment For Kenyans To Act
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Address at the Kenya National Anti-Corruption Workshop
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by

James D. Wolfensohn
President
The World Bank
Nairobi, Kenya, July 23, 2003


Chairman Odinga [Hon. Raila Odinga, Minister for Roads, Public Works, and Housing] , Mr. President [H.E. President Kibaki of Kenya], my friend Peter Eigen [Chairman, Transparency International], Mr. Speaker [Hon. Francis Ole Kaparo], Distinguished Ministers and Friends, let me pay tribute to Peter [Eigen, Chairman, Transparency International]), and his colleagues for the work that they have done.

In fact, their findings led, just a few moths ago, to a three-day seminar between the World Bank and Transparency International where we reviewed matters on which we agreed and matters on which we disagreed and came to enormously agreed conclusions of the common ground that existed between us.

For us at our institution, the World Bank, which is committed to fighting corruption, the attempts to avoid tackling corruption, as an issue was just not acceptable.

What is extraordinarily interesting to me is that six months after that first meeting when the word corruption had not been mentioned in previous World Bank meetings, the central item on the agenda for the finance ministers was corruption and every minister spoke on that subject.

I don't know if you remember that, Peter (Eigen [Chairman, Transparency International]), But it was absolutely clear that, at that moment, the dam was breaking. And the dam did break to the extent that we were able, I believe, to create an environment not just for politicians, but more significantly, to allow the debate to take place with the people of countries, with voters, with civil society and the Press. The voice of people within countries could be expressed against corruption which is not theoretical but which is in fact the number-one inhibitor to foreign investment and the number-one issue affecting the question of equity and social justice within a country.

Dealing with corruption is not just any other subject. This is something which has enormous material effect, and I am extremely grateful that the representatives of the Parliamentary Network (Parliamentary Network on the World Bank-PNoWB) who are here today and the group that is forming itself in Eastern Africa takes such a strong interest in this subject.

But being in Kenya after the elections is appropriate given that one of the greatest spokespersons of this new move has been you, Mr. President.

Of my colleagues I had asked for all the statements and speeches made by President Kibaki (President of Kenya] about corruption.

And here they are, Mr. President. If you like I can read eight pages of comments from you about corruption.

It is abundantly clear from the very first speech that you gave in the Kenyan Parliament, to the speeches that you gave before then and since, that you are committed, as you have put it, to lend the weight of your government to fight corruption. You established a department for that effect, and you have said that you have zero tolerance for corruption in Kenya.

This is not because it is an attractive slogan but because we know and your voters know that there can be no progress in this country towards equality and social justice without combating this scourge.

And I may make a personal comment on this because in recent years I have had a tremendous interest in this country, and an interest in seeing as others, the Kenya that was.

I was much moved yesterday when I spent three hours in a meeting with leaders in the AIDS fight at the headquarters of the Girl Guide movement here. Several speakers-Kenyan women of distinction-said, "We want the Kenya that was, the Kenya that stood for integrity, the leadership, the Kenyan values which were values of hard work and were values of education and commitment to equity."

And they wanted that back. And your President is giving you that lead because the voice of the people is saying it.

As Peter (Eigen [Chairman, Transparency International]), said, there is an alignment at the moment; an alignment between the people, the government, and-as I found this morning in meetings with the private sector-with the private sector, with the civil society to reestablish the Kenya that was.

But not in the form of the Kenya that was, but in terms of a modern Kenya, a Kenya that is adjusting to new technology, to a new society through innovation.

And it had been my hope that may be we at the Bank (World Bank) could help in this effort in recent years. .

But the thing that stopped us was corruption.

I came many times (to Kenya). I talked many times (with the leadership), but when you are trying to work in partnership, you need to have confidence on either side and you need to have performance on either side, just as you can demand performance of my institution and other multilateral and bilateral donors.

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And so today with this new government, we have a chance for reestablishing that sense of confidence and that sense of partnership. Because again, as Peter (Eigen [Chairman, Transparency International]), said, the success of Kenya is not just a success for Kenya but it is a success for the continent of Africa.

And there, too, I took the opportunity of reading from NEPAD (the New Partnership for Africa's Development), the new program for Africa. I don't know how many of you have read that document recently. Last night I looked at it and it starts interestingly and, I think, movingly: "Africans must not be the wards of benevolent guardians; rather, they must be architects of their own sustained upliftment".

This is written by African leaders. It says throughout the document that fighting corruption and dealing with governance is not something that the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund or benevolent donors mandate. It is something that is essential for Africans, as it is essential for Kenyans.

And it goes on to say that African leaders take joint responsibility for many things, but among them:

· Protecting and promoting democracy
· Developing clear standards of accountability, transparency and participatory governments
· Restoring and maintaining standards, transparent legal and regulatory frameworks
· Building capacity in the State to enforce the legal framework as well as maintaining law and order

It points out that the way to do this is through the principles of democracy, transparency, accountability and integrity, and then goes on to talk of fighting corruption.

These are not words that I have invented. These words have been created in Africa. These are African words. The NEPAD document is Africa's statement for the future.

NEPAD is not just any other document. It is a unique statement by African leadership that Africa belongs to Africans, and that Africans want to run their continent in a way that deals with the questions of social justice and equity and allows hope for people.

Now, why is that relevant? Why am I saying it?

Speaking from the point of view of someone who is involved in the international community, looking at the demands for development assistance around the world, and looking at the results of the conference in Monterrey and Johannesburg where developing countries stated their case as Africans did with NEPAD…the developed world, the other side of the world, the billion people who at the moment have 80 percent of the world's resources, took that contract at face value and they said they could be held accountable for increased development assistance, for openness of markets for trade, and for building capacity.

Now there have been some but not complete steps forward in terms of that side of the bargain. But we have already raised an additional US$ 16 billion for development assistance and we are fighting the fight in the trade round which is now going on.

If there is to be assistance, if there is to be partnership, if the children in the Olympic School that I saw yesterday are to get resources so that one can fulfill the dream of Kenyans to have education for all in primary school-which soon leads to pressure for secondary school and for universities, if you were to confront the scourge of AIDS-with 2.5 million people diagnosed HIV positive and 7,000 only receiving retroviral treatment and 1.2 million orphans, of which 200,000 only have arrangements made for their care and sustenance…If one is to deal with these human issues of education and health, I say to my friends in Kenya, you have to grasp this opportunity now because it is not going to come again.

There are 30 million people in this country. There are 5 billion in the developing world. There are 3 billion people that live under $2 a day. There are a 1.2 billion people that live under $1 a day.

And you have that moment in which you can act. You have that moment in the spotlight.

You have that moment of hope for your people and for your country. And what I have learned in eight years in this job is that moments don't last long.

This is the moment for Kenya to act.

I am very proud that I had the chance this morning to talk to the President, who has this resolve. But it cannot be done by the President alone. It is a moment for everybody in the country to take responsibility.

There is no Kenya that exists without Kenyans. There is no government that can do things without Kenyans. The laws can change but if the practice does not change you will not meet the challenges of NEPAD. And you will not meet the challenge that the people have given the government.

This is an alignment between government, civil society, private sector and the ordinary Kenyan. And you have a short time in which you can meet that challenge.

I can promise you on behalf of my institution, as I think I can on behalf of other multilateral and bilateral donors, that if you move towards that test you will find that my organization is not only willing but is enthusiastic to work with you to achieve your goals.

We know that there are bumps in the road but we know that Kenya is a place of culture, of history, of human and material resources and we know today that it is a place with ideals.

I urge you to take this moment because it will be a long time coming again and it is certainly worth grasping now.

Thank you very much

[kamalet]

I have lately struggled to differentiate Professor Nyong'o and Kalembe Ndile. When either opens their mouths, yoy can predict that they will only be spewing lies.

Take the case of Peter Eigen confessing to the good profesore that one Kiraitu had confided that the Anglo Leasing Money was intended to fund campaigns for the NAK faction - was this the referendum or the 2007 elections?

Well, as we all know, TI have responded and denied that Peter Eigen had not met the professor either this year or even last year, and the discussion could not have taken place.

The same man was challenged by Kimunya in public to actually REVEAL what he knew about meetings in London that could have linked him to Anglo Leasing. The challenge is still outstanding, though most of us are not holding our breath - did I say some of the utterances are not different to those of Kalembe Ndile?

The problem of good educated people reducing themselves to tottering idiots by some of the comments they make is that they get caught out eventually. That is also why I am surprised that some of you expected Mwalimu Mati to help out in perpetuating the lies by Nyong'o.

Any right thinking Kenyan would condemn Nyong'o for his latest trail of lies. Kenyans deserve more honest and better leaders than these.

[aeichener]

Well, we don't you mail the former chair of TI Peter Eigen then, instead of speculating? He is online (or at least his personal secretary is); and Germans - contrary to Kenyans, ten times contrary to Kenyan journalists - have a habit of answering their emails.

As to the allegations, let's go to the sources:

Kenya Times relating Anyang' Nyong'o:
www.timesnews.co.ke/23oct05/nwsstory/topstry.html

BBC relating Peter Eigen:
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4355124.stm

Alexander

[miguna]

Job:

I recently had discussions with Prof. Wambugu (she of the African Harvest - the plant genetical engineer, the one I saw being ulululated by the Nation Media House yesterday; a another successful "intellectual" from Tetu). What struck me as quite unfortunate was her complete refusal to even acknowledge some of the legitimate grumblings from various parts of Kenya. To her, "this constitutional thing does not mean anything to the ordinary farmer", as she bluntly told me. As far as she was concerned, "farmers are doing much better under Kibaki than they did under Moi." She has pointedly asked me to explain to her why we were opposing the Wako Mongrel. However, as soon as I started giving her the reasons, she cut in by asking whether "we" (meaning those criticizing the Mongrel), have not been outside for too long; that perhaps we are trying to judge Kenya using foreign standards; that Kenya is "a young country" and that "we" are making it look like "Kibaki is the worst leader we have ever had..." Unabatted, I still explained our side, as we sat and munched on some Chinese lunch, and waited to attend an award ceremony where the Professor was to be inducted as a GM pioneer in Africa. We never got to the question of GM or whether it is good for us...

But our Banana friends on this forum will tell you that Prof. Wambugu is a top-norch intellectual; one cut a cloth higher than Nyong'o. Because Nyong'o addresses topical political questions, he has to be compared with a highway robber who cannot even spell his name; a certified conman whose only claim to prominence are the number of vigilante escapades he has conducted...

We have a long way to go. Look at even some of the comments we see from these fora from people who claim to have graduated from university or universities. I get the feeling that Kenya deserves a reaol revolution ...maybe then, it will be able to rid itself of some of these afflictions.

Monday will be a good starting point.
[unedited]

[job]

Miguna,

I can't agree more. A revolution to sweep out these conmen, thieves and spin masters masquerading as Kenyan leaders is inevitable.

As for your Prof. friend, I'm not really surprised. But do let her know that true indeed, many rate Kibaki as the worst President ever courtesy to his ineptitude, weakness, tribalism, arrogance, impartiality, and contempt for citizens among other things.

Which other President have you observed perenially abusing his fellow citizens as stupid, chicken shit etc etc?

He is precisely the one who has reduced himself into another Kalembe Ndile. He chose contempt and verbal abuse over dignity, and he must now swallow the disrespect coming back.

One thing for sure, what the Goldenberg was to Moi's regime, is what Anglo Leasing is to Kibaki's. They must both not be let pass unaccounted for, no matter what tribal apologists like Mwalimu Mati and their cyber fans desperately try to do.

What a shame it is for TI, Kenya chapter, the proclaimed watchdog of public funds, to be headed by tribal zealots close to the President.

What a shame it is, for learned people, some Professors, trying to suppress calls for transparency and accountability simply because the perpetrators, hail from their tribes.

Well, this is the Kenya that Kibaki has led us into, and we shall have to deal with it in relentless fashion to change this type of governance, starting on November 21st.

Why can't this Kimunya guy answer the very simple and basic questions asked by Nyong'o notwithstanding the defamation suit? His are very general questions.

On his way back from NY, if he passed London, its a YES or NO. If he met a Wanjiku- Kettering or Dipak-Otieno Kamani, or Mr. Johnny Kickback its a YES or NO.

We've read that this Anglo Leasing Hqs. address was supposedly somewhere in the UK.

If Mwiraria the custodian of public money can't check his files and disclose just the signatories of the Anglo Leasing check worth billions, as requested by Nyong'o, then who's playing politics with public money? Is this Rocket Science my friends? Is it Nyong'o or the Mwiraria group yelling politics?

If the good old mwiraria can't disclose the amount and source of money in the so called Miscellaneous Revenue Account, which he himself created, as posed by his fellow cabinet minister, in charge of planning, then there's some transparency and credibility issues that need clarification here, not deviant politics.

If the ever verbose Kiraitu Murungi can't open his mouth to deny that he casually justified the use of Anglo Leasing funds for upcoming polls, whether referendum or general elections,.(to Mr. Peter Eigen)......then the onus is on him to prove why he should not step down and be investigated.

This bunch has simply been caught and the public must not relent in calling for their punishment and a full return of all stolen public cash.

The standards here are the same. How we judged the Moi government, is the same way Kibaki's will be judged, or is there someone who thinks Kibaki is more special than Moi and should just be excused? You may be in for a surprise if you think so. All Kenyans are equal.

Being close to Peter Eigen should not be mistaken to assume he will not blow a whistle when he detects fraudulent activity.

Evading pertinent questions each time by dismissing serious allegations as "cheap politics" will not buy.

If PS's have been charged, their bosses who authorized the deals, .......Cabinet Ministers, must follow suit. It's that simple. If the courts clear them, that's another matter.

Can this Ringera guy also justify why the public is paying him Shs. 2 Million a month. Is it to give speeches to donor attended conferences?

Kenyans need to know that the US or UK don't need to ban Murungaru from stepping their soils ever again for them to realize that some serious credibility concerns surround him.

A man facing bankrupcy just the other day and becoming a multi millionaire within months in office obviously rings a bell.

Corruption related questions must be homegrown, from us, not Edward Clay, Eigen or some Foreign Embassies.

Will Kenyans do the right thing and demand their money back?

peace.

unedited.

Job.

[miguna]

Monday November 21, 2005



Minister fires more queries on Anglo-Leasing scandal
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By John Oyuke

A Cabinet minister wants an independent Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the Anglo-Leasing tender scandal established.

Planning minister, Prof Anyang’ Nyong’o, also asked Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission to invite former anti-corruption czar, John Githongo, to give facts on the Sh7 billion scandal before an appropriate body.

"Few people know much about Anglo Leasing and other financial crimes against the people of Kenya as does Githongo. Why has his recent offer to come back and give evidence been ignored?" he posed.

In a statement on his 21 questions on the scam, the minister took issue with Kacc’s remark that the issue was in court and should therefore not be discussed in public. The anti-graft body has also accused Nyong’o using the saga for his political gains.

Nyong’o, however, claimed the court case had dragged on for long, and that the sub judice argument was being used to bury the enormous scandal and to protect the guilty.

"This is a way of gagging those with information, like me and Githongo, and who are ready to be more explicit if given the lawful venue to air what we know," the minister added.

He said until a commission was established, he would continue to ask questions in the public.

Nyong’o sought to know how contracts were signed with Anglo-Leasing if the company did not exist, and whether there was any due diligence before the Government started doing mega business.

He also wondered why the matter was pushed to court before the anti-graft body got the facts to avoid wasting time as was been done with the Goldenberg scam.

The minister asked why Merlyn Kettering was allowed to leave the country when the authorities knew that he was a key player in the Anglo-Leasing saga.

"And how come Kacc is now saying they have not been able to trace him when they are so quick to board a plane to go to Berlin and chase a few thousand dollars misappropriated in our missions abroad?" he asked.

[miguna]

Anglo-Leasing: Nyong’o last punch

By MWANGI MAINA
PLANNING Minister Professor Anyang’ Nyong’o yesterday released the remainder of the 21 questions he says will unveil the mystery behind the Anglo-Leasing scandal.

And the minister now wants the government to immediately establish a commission of inquiry into the matter along the lines of Goldenberg.

At a Press conference on Friday, the minister raised 10 questions that he claimed would answer all the questions behind the Anglo-Leasing mystery that has been a constant thorn in the Narc Government’s image in the fight against corruption.

Nyong’o promised to raise the balance of his 21 questions on the subject of Anglo- Leasing scandal at the Orange Democratic Movement’s final rally at the Nyayo Stadium on Saturday, but did not live up to his promise.

Yesterday, the minister, in a Press statement, listed the remaining 10 questions and explained that he withheld the release of the list of questions due to what he termed as “the festive mood” that characterised the Nyayo Stadium event.

Explained Nyong’o: “Articulating such a list of questions did not seem quite appropriate. So here is the balance of what I want to say.”

He accused the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) of coming to its own defence against the matter when KACC said the subject is subjudice (in court), and therefore cannot be discussed.

“KACC has also said I am politicking with the matter,” he added. Nyong’o, a leading light in the Orange team said the fact that the Anglo-Leasing affair has dragged on for too long is a clear indication that the government is using the court case and the subjudice argument as a way of burying the scandal and protecting the guilty individuals for another few years.

“This is a way of gagging those here as well as abroad, people like me and John Githongo who have information and who are prepared to be more explicit if given the right venue in which it would be lawful to air what we know,” said the minister in the statement.

He said few people know as much about Anglo-Leasing and other financial crimes against the people of Kenya as does Githongo. “Why indeed has John Githongo not been taken up on his offer to come back and give evidence?” wondered the minister.

On the charge that he was politicking with the matter, he questioned why no one has so far answered the questions he had earlier raised. On other questions, the minister claimed that he could substantiate on them with the legal protection that the commission would provide.

He wondered why Anglo-Leasing could enter into contracts if it does not exist as a single entity? “Was there any due diligence done on Anglo-Leasing before the government started doing mega business with it? If not, why not?” The minister also questioned what rational the government saw in taking the Anglo-Leasing case to court before the facts are established by KACC.

He posed: “Would it not be better to establish an independent commission of inquiry to unravel the mystery before wasting time in court as has been done in the case of Goldenberg? Or is the court process a cover up?”

At last week’s Press conference, Nyong’o claimed that Anglo-Leasing was a government project designed to raise funds for elections.

He charged at Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Kiraitu Murungi that he had told Transparency International boss, Peter Eigen at a Press conference in Berlin in Germany that the Angl-Leasing was meant to finance the 2007 general election.

He raised 11 questions that he claimed would spill the beans on those behind the multi-billion-ghost project.

He said the US$4.8 million wired back to the Treasury by Anglo-Leasing International was to allegedly finance the Banana campaigns in the run up to the last Monday’s referendum.

In his statement, Prof Nyong’o charged: “When the authorities knew that Merlyn Kettering was a key player in the Anglo-Leasing saga, why was he allowed to leave the country and how come KACC is now saying, “we have not been able to trace him for interview and statement” when the same KACC is so quick to board a plane to go to Berlin and chase a few thousand dollars misappropriated in our mission abroad?”

[job]

Folks,

Like said before, the Anglo Leasing scandal that robbed us billions is not being buried. It is going to stay with us every single day DP remains in power. It must simply be accounted for. We want public cash back, now!

Those who thought Githongo just chickened out,...those who never believed Githongo when he yelled that his life was in danger,.....

Those who even compared Nyongo to an empty debe, like Kalembe Ndile, are in for a rude shock. Someone is already being surcharged and can't even access their foreign based loot. Pumbavu's can not all be stupid.

Let this referendum dust settle before some serious business begins. A Judicial Inquiry must be instituted.

Job.