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Post by phil on Dec 8, 2010 10:19:21 GMT 3
I fully support Kenya's importation of tanks on behalf of the beleaguered people of South Sudan. We can not have it both ways people. We can not on one hand support S. Sudan while condemning Bashir for belligerence against the South , and then turn around and condemn South for arming itself against possible threat from the north. It is the height of hypocrisy. There is no morality in politics and the armed struggles across Africa should be a lesson, whether it is Zambia arming ANC (considered a terrorist by many western gavas including US), or Cuba aiding MPLA to kick out S.Africa (roundly condemned by the US). Anyone who thinks the two examples were wrong is right to criticize Kenya's action but if you agree with the 2 examples and still think this was wrong - then I dare say look up hypocrisy or inconsistency or both in the dictionary. I do not think what riles many here is that this happened but it seems more about the characters in Kenyan military and gava. So it was illegal, but on whose behalf? Who benefited? Kenya did the right thing by helping out South Sudan to import the tanks. I am actually proud of my govt. You can not have N. Sudan importing all kinds of weapons from China and then expect a fair deal making. You can not negotiate from a point of weakness and Kenya had to do what it needed. We need a strong S. Sudan. The problem is that individuals in Kenya led by Lt Gen karangi (the Vice CGS) fronted middlemen to execute this deal on behalf of GoSS while being reckless and irresponsible in issuing a sealed and authenticated End User Certificate by the Government of Kenya. Do you know arms cannot be supplied to countries without an EUC? You need to research what it means to be a member of the United Nations and a signatory to various arms control treaties. What makes this even more dangerous is that Sudan is a next door neighbour and a fellow AU member. Whereas I fully sympathise with the struggles of the SPLM, it is unthinkable that GoK seal was used to order arms for a country under UN sanctions. There are ways the GoK can support and facilitate importation of conventional arms without necessarily putting the country on a war footing with its neighbours and at loggerheads with the UN Security council. That is unforgiveable. What if these tanks and ammunitions find their way into the hands of the numerous rebel groups in Sudan eg. LRA? Do you know the ramifications of such tanks and ammunitions being used to kill civilians in East and Central Africa and then being traced back to a Kenyan End User Certificate? In other countries, this would certainly lead to the resignation of the government of the day and the charging before a court of law the individuals responsible for such acts.
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Post by reporter911 on Dec 8, 2010 10:21:31 GMT 3
AND I THOUGHT OUR KENYAN MINISTERS WERE THE ONLY PROTECTED DRUG TRAFFICKERS BY WE KNOW WHO.... ALAH?HERE IS A HILARIOUS LEAK FROM FREETOWNSUBJECT: COCAINE BUST: MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION SACKED, DEA PARTICIPATION ACCEPTEDREF: A. FREETOWN 336 B. FREETOWN Classified By: CDA Glenn Fedzer for reasons 1.4(b/d) ¶1. (S) Summary: Transportation and Aviation Minister Ibrahim Kemoh Sesay was relieved of his duties August 4, pending the conclusion of the cocaine trafficking investigation. Sesay has vehemently proclaimed his innocence since the bust, despite a close family connection to one of the accused. ” Sesay stated in a radio interview August 5 that he “expects to land on his feet” following the conclusion of the investigation, inferring that he will resume his ministerial duties at that time. wikileaks.as50620.net/cable/2008/08/08FREETOWN389.html
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Post by Titchaz on Dec 8, 2010 12:23:59 GMT 3
Titchaz: Same respect my friend. I do not see reason on your side other than the shout of "illegality!", but who benefits from embargoing the south? South Sudan has lost millions, never again, they must arm themselves. So, you would rather that they be embargoed for what puporse? Whom does it serve? One of the fallacies of such embargo is the notion that the south's ability to arm itself will be curtailed. Also, I do not know whether Kibaki supports the north or not, in fact what I care about at this time is the south. There are hundreds of thousands of Kenyans in the souuth. Our interest and the future of the south is more imperative to us. Therefore, I prefer a strong south and if it means helping to arm it, so be it. What you need to answer is: why should Kenya not help arm the south? Please do not cite the legal stuff - that is tired argument. Do you think they have a right to arm themselves as an autonomous region? What if Bashir scuttles the referendum process? You ask. That is a good hypothetical, let us across that bridge when we get there, it is like asking me what would happen if kalonzo was president? Fascinating but immaterial question here. Peace. My point is that I dont take any sides in this fight because I have no vested interests. Why drag a whole country into your own private dirty business? Kwani you want to tell me Kenya as a country benefited from that transaction? While you state that you support the South because of the many Kenyans living their, please advise the President to cut all ties with Bashir . I support the South too but I get miffed with our President when he smiles with Bashir...kwa kiswahili inaitwa undumilakuwili!!! ...This thing of having your cake and eating it too will not suffice. Let the issue be presented to Parliament and the country takes a unified position on it. Hii mambo ya eti we are supporting the south then sijui kesho we are inviting Bashir to our country and defending him in the international media, will surely bite our assess in the end. Thats all I'm saying.
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Post by kamalet on Dec 8, 2010 17:04:17 GMT 3
I fully support Kenya's importation of tanks on behalf of the beleaguered people of South Sudan. We can not have it both ways people. We can not on one hand support S. Sudan while condemning Bashir for belligerence against the South , and then turn around and condemn South for arming itself against possible threat from the north. It is the height of hypocrisy. There is no morality in politics and the armed struggles across Africa should be a lesson, whether it is Zambia arming ANC (considered a terrorist by many western gavas including US), or Cuba aiding MPLA to kick out S.Africa (roundly condemned by the US). Anyone who thinks the two examples were wrong is right to criticize Kenya's action but if you agree with the 2 examples and still think this was wrong - then I dare say look up hypocrisy or inconsistency or both in the dictionary. I do not think what riles many here is that this happened but it seems more about the characters in Kenyan military and gava. So it was illegal, but on whose behalf? Who benefited? Kenya did the right thing by helping out South Sudan to import the tanks. I am actually proud of my govt. You can not have N. Sudan importing all kinds of weapons from China and then expect a fair deal making. You can not negotiate from a point of weakness and Kenya had to do what it needed. We need a strong S. Sudan. The problem is that individuals in Kenya led by Lt Gen karangi (the Vice CGS) fronted middlemen to execute this deal on behalf of GoSS while being reckless and irresponsible in issuing a sealed and authenticated End User Certificate by the Government of Kenya. Do you know arms cannot be supplied to countries without an EUC? You need to research what it means to be a member of the United Nations and a signatory to various arms control treaties. What makes this even more dangerous is that Sudan is a next door neighbour and a fellow AU member. Whereas I fully sympathise with the struggles of the SPLM, it is unthinkable that GoK seal was used to order arms for a country under UN sanctions. There are ways the GoK can support and facilitate importation of conventional arms without necessarily putting the country on a war footing with its neighbours and at loggerheads with the UN Security council. That is unforgiveable. What if these tanks and ammunitions find their way into the hands of the numerous rebel groups in Sudan eg. LRA? Do you know the ramifications of such tanks and ammunitions being used to kill civilians in East and Central Africa and then being traced back to a Kenyan End User Certificate? In other countries, this would certainly lead to the resignation of the government of the day and the charging before a court of law the individuals responsible for such acts. There goes the name of general Karangi again!!!! No proof or anything - just a statement. But you obsession and misinformation on Karangi is not as bad of the US informant who says: ¶34. (S) Van Diepen continued that he appreciated the sides could have different export control policies, as was their sovereign right. But not being told the truth was something the United States did not expect from a strategic partner. There was nothing for Ukraine to gain from lying and a lot to lose, he cautioned. Since South Sudan is on the U.S. terrorism list, the U.S. would have to consider whether to impose sanctions over the transfer; a factor in U.S. deliberations would be whether the GOU the truth.
¶35. (S) Lysenko said that Ukraine would study the U.S. information and he asserted that Ukraine only had a relationship with Kenya, and did not have a relationship with South Sudan. Ukraine could not be held responsible for the actions of a third country. This matter was a common problem for the U.S. and Ukraine to resolve. He said Ukraine’s special agencies might need to get involved to find out what had happened. Nykonenko said that Ukraine would study this situation in the light of a partner relationship so hat the U.S. would know that Ukraine is a reliable partner. ==
I cannot imagine the allegation that S Sudan is on a terrorist list of countries!!!
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Post by phil on Dec 8, 2010 17:38:09 GMT 3
kamale,You seem to be the only one who does not understand that apart from deputizing the CGS, the Vice CGS is overall in-charge of logistics in the entire defence force of the republic of Kenya. Karangi also personally chairs the defence tender committee, with the PS Defence acting as its secretary. This committee prepares and manages the entire defence budget for all the three services. Karangi also chair by proxy, the Equipment and Infrastructure Approval Committee (EIAC). The EIAC meant to be chaired by the CGS and is also composed of the PS, Service Commanders and Senior Defence HQ staff, but in most cases it is Karangi who chairs it by virtue of his line of official duties at Defence Headquarters. The EIAC is the final authority for approval of major defence equipment and infrastructure Development. The committee has also the ultimate responsibility for approving budgets for defence equipment programmes. Given the large size of their very opaque annual expenditure, this is a very powerful position indeed. It is a position prone to abuse through grand corruption and those of us in the know also understand his closeness to the powers that have markedly enhanced the profile of the VCGS far beyond the official job description. You also seem to be ignorant of the fact the South Sudan is not yet an independent country and that there is no state currently known as Southern Sudan. Everyone knowns that it is the Arabic Republic of Sudan which has been designated as State Sponsor of Terrorism since 1993. Now back to the issue at hand: The cargo of MV Faina, which included more than T24 tanks, rocket propelled grenades, Armoured Personnel Carriers, ammunition, etc, was actually not for Government of Kenya Security Services (GoSS) according to Mutua and Wetangula, but an importation of the semi-autonomous Government of South Sudan (GoSS) based in Juba Sudan. That order was illegally executed by the documents and seal of the Kenya Government.
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Post by phil on Dec 8, 2010 18:12:13 GMT 3
Here is some more revelations for the Capital FM website on Wikileaks. Wow! Breaking News................ WikiLeaks reveals political plots after 2007 poll BY CAPITAL REPORTERS
NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 8 - Details have now emerged within diplomatic circles in Nairobi showing among other things, a plot to discredit President Mwai Kibaki's allies after the 2007 disputed election and also insights into Raila Odinga's possible civil service line-up in case he assumed power at the time.
The dossier is contained in cables in the possession of diplomats in Kenya, but have not been published on the WikiLeaks site yet.
By 1500GMT on Wednesday, WikiLeaks had released 1,060 out of 251,287 cables from United States embassies across the globe, but none have come directly from the American embassy in Nairobi. Issues touching on Kenya have so far been gleaned out of cables emanating from other diplomatic missions.
WikiLeaks has directly released the cables to a number of newspapers in the United Kingdom and the United States, which could also come into the possession of diplomats.
On Wednesday, Capital News learnt that cables directly touching on Kenya were in the possession of European diplomats in Nairobi.
We ascertained that the cables speak about an attempt by President Kibaki's political rivals to discredit some of his allies soon after the disputed 2007 general election.
Among those who were targeted in the scheme were Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Mutula Kilonzo, Environment Minister John Michuki and former Foreign Affairs Minister Moses Wetangula.
Details of particular schemes to discredit them remained sketchy.
The leaked cables also make reference to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights Report On the Brink of the Precipice: A Human Rights Account of Kenya's Post 2007 Election.
They also focus on the report by the United Nations Special Rapporteur Philip Alston, who compiled a dossier on extra judicial killings in Kenya.
Another aspect covered in the cables touching on Kenya that Capital News has learnt about, include an email written by a top official in Prime Minister Raila Odinga's office titled: Ng'oa (Remove) Project/Civil Service that was written on April 7, 2008 that US diplomats got hold of.
It lists individuals who were serving in key positions and their possible replacements. Top among them was the Head of Public Service Francis Muthaura, whose possible replacement was listed as the current Chief of Staff in the PM's office Caroli Omondi.
Next in line was the Permanent Secretary in the Office of the President in charge of Internal Security Francis Kimemia, whose likely replacement was Mohammed Isahakia. His name was however crossed out.
The then Police Commissioner Major General Mohammed Hussein Ali was targeted for replacement by Edwin Nyaseda, who is now deceased. A tick was marked against his name.
Thuita Mwangi who recently stepped aside as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was listed for replacement by a former senior editor at The Standard Chaacha Mwita or the PM’s Constitutional Advisor Miguna Miguna. Prof Miguna’s name was circled.
The possible replacement for the Director General of the National Security Intelligence Service Michael Gichangi was indicated with a question mark in the quoted email.
Also marked with a question mark was the possible replacement of the Chief of General Staff Jeremiah Kianga.
The name of the Vice Chief of General Staff Julius Karangi also had a question mark against it. The title "Brigadier" is written against it but cancelled.
One-time PS and Kenya Commercial Bank CEO Martin Oduor-Otieno is touted as a possible replacement for Finance PS Joseph Kinyua.
Under the Ministry of Communications the names of political activist Tony Gachoka and a senior editor at the Standard Ben Agina are marked as possible replacements to PS Bitange Ndemo. In this case, Mr Agina's name was underlined.
Government spokesman Dr Alfred Mutua’s possible replacement was touted as Dr Salim Lone, according to diplomatic sources privy to the cables.
The cables also speak of land grabbing in Kenya with specific reference to a litany of land grabbing that was witnessed in Kenya in the 1970s. Influential figures in the Moi and Kibaki regimes are mentioned as spearheading the land grabbing.
Details of these cables are expected to be published when the controversial website starts releasing the dossier on Kenya.
Other cables that have already been released by www.wikileaks.ch that touch on Kenya include one from the London embassy titled: The British ask, is our special relationship still special in Washington? Another is from the Ukrainian embassy on the purchase of T-72 army tanks that reportedly ended up in the Sudan.
In the cable sent in February 2009 from the US embassy in London, reference is made to fears of a break, in the special relationship Britain enjoys with the US, because of Barack Obama’s personal history.
The cable said many UK commentators had concluded Mr Obama had no "natural" link to the UK, perhaps even an antipathy, and this would weaken US-UK ties due to his relative youth (which gave him no historical experience of the WWII and Cold War alliance with London), his formative years in the Pacific rather than in Europe, and his Kenyan grandfather's treatment at the hands of British colonial forces in Kenya (where he was imprisoned).
The cable said: The Times correspondent in Washington, summed up this view: "Mr Obama...has no personal experience of our shared World War II experiences and little of our Cold War alliance. In his memoir, 'Dreams from My Father,' he described his trips to drink 'tea on the Thames' before flying away from a Europe that 'just wasn't mine' to discuss his Kenyan roots with British passengers who displayed arrogant attitudes to the 'Godforsaken countries of Africa."
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Post by job on Dec 8, 2010 19:50:29 GMT 3
kamale,
You seem to be the only one who does not understand that apart from deputizing the CGS, the Vice CGS is overall in-charge of logistics in the entire defence force of the republic of Kenya. Karangi also personally chairs the defence tender committee, with the PS Defence acting as its secretary. This committee prepares and manages the entire defence budget for all the three services. Karangi also chair by proxy, the Equipment and Infrastructure Approval Committee (EIAC). The EIAC meant to be chaired by the CGS and is also composed of the PS, Service Commanders and Senior Defence HQ staff, but in most cases it is Karangi who chairs it by virtue of his line of official duties at Defence Headquarters. The EIAC is the final authority for approval of major defence equipment and infrastructure Development. The committee has also the ultimate responsibility for approving budgets for defence equipment programmes.
Given the large size of their very opaque annual expenditure, this is a very powerful position indeed. It is a position prone to abuse through grand corruption and those of us in the know also understand his closeness to the powers that have markedly enhanced the profile of the VCGS far beyond the official job description.
You also seem to be ignorant of the fact the South Sudan is not yet an independent country and that there is no state currently known as Southern Sudan. Everyone knowns that it is the Arabic Republic of Sudan which has been designated as State Sponsor of Terrorism since 1993.
Now back to the issue at hand: The cargo of MV Faina, which included more than T24 tanks, rocket propelled grenades, Armoured Personnel Carriers, ammunition, etc, was actually not for Government of Kenya Security Services (GoSS) according to Mutua and Wetangula, but an importation of the semi-autonomous Government of South Sudan (GoSS) based in Juba Sudan. That order was illegally executed by the documents and seal of the Kenya Government. 1) Maj. Gen. Karangi (Vice GCS & Chairman of the Defense Tender Committee) is the engine behind corrupt procurement gobbling most of the Sh 44 billion annual budget at Ulinzi - no ifs, ands or buts, period! 2) It is precisely Karangi's logistical ineptitude, not the misfortune of MV Faina at the hands of Somali pirates, that blew the cover of how we secretly arm South Sudan. Check how careless the shipping manifest was handled. How negligent can one get. Ukranians were shocked & in disbelief when confronted by the US diplomats. It doesn't end there, even after the broad light discovery, the inept Karangi still negligently organized another 'logistical operation' to haul the military hardware by road, even before the dust settled,, right under the glare of US satellite radar, to Juba. The combination of incompetence, lack of foresight & creativity, and corruption is the hallmark of our public service. Kenya's reputation is grossly suffering at the hands of these inept and thieving lot in the so called 'inner circle'. Bure kabisa!!!!
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Post by job on Dec 8, 2010 20:00:36 GMT 3
Here is some more revelations for the Capital FM website on Wikileaks. Wow!
Breaking News................
WikiLeaks reveals political plots after 2007 poll BY CAPITAL REPORTERS
NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 8 - Details have now emerged within diplomatic circles in Nairobi showing among other things, a plot to discredit President Mwai Kibaki's allies after the 2007 disputed election and also insights into Raila Odinga's possible civil service line-up in case he assumed power at the time.
The dossier is contained in cables in the possession of diplomats in Kenya, but have not been published on the WikiLeaks site yet. [/blockquote][/quote] Instead of relying on the twisted tales by the biased local media, I'd be patient enough to bid a little more time until the rest of the batches of the Wikileaks documents are posted on the web. All will eventually come out and like I said, many diplomats won't wish to stay longer in Kenya courtesy of their gossips and opinions.
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Post by shifta on Dec 8, 2010 20:11:50 GMT 3
Titchaz:
Let us catch our breathe for a minute - how did we get here? Wikileaks says Ukraine sold tanks to South Sudan thru Kenya, and right away some of my fellow Jukwaaists (you included) condemn it. I believe so 'cos you are letting your anti-Kibaki emotions get the better of you. My argument as I stated above is that I think it was the right move for the reasons I gave. The leak itself was not news. Now you say Of course you are taking sides , you are anti-Bashir and it shows - so at least be honest. I am pro-south. But that is your prerogative. And how is it a private bsuiness? If you have documentation share. . Also, do you have proof that Kenya did not benefit from the transaction? I do not, all i know is atht the South has a few more tanks than they had to protect themselves There is no morality in politics, especially international politics. The sense of political idealism and selective purity that you and some have here is naive. Countries have to do what is in their best interest - and for Kenya it means supporting the South (eyeing a future economic partner free South) . So yes support the South we must, in the infamous words of Malcolm X " by any means necessary" even if it means smuggling or even if Kibaki smiling with Bashir. That is politics 101.
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Post by kamalet on Dec 8, 2010 20:35:23 GMT 3
Shame on Capital FM!! How dare they allude to such an email when it is clear nothing of the sort exists?? ;D
.....but could this be the reason that the US apologised to our PM?
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Post by Luol Deng on Dec 8, 2010 22:04:21 GMT 3
Those who know how the leaks have been released will definitely pour cold water on Capital's amateur attempt. Let us wait for the real thing, not the fertile imaginations of Capital.
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Post by ndege on Dec 9, 2010 2:30:25 GMT 3
The plot thickens? spiegel.de and guardian.co.uk have just started to release articles about Africa (Nigeria & Kenya). This links to a Guardian piece about Kenya:www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/08/wikileaks-cables-kenya-violence-chinaIf things go as per 'usual', the original cables should be available via wikileaks.ch (or any of the hundreds of mirror-sites), starting tomorrow, Thursday. This link - via The Guardian - leads to the cable in question: www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/243298In it, we find this - as I think, very important summary: Summary: Our highest priority efforts are focused on advancing implementation of the reform agenda, which is key to the future democratic stability and prosperity of Kenya. While some positive reform steps have been taken, the old guard associated with the culture of impunity continues to resist fundamental change. Most key reforms are yet to be carried out, and the future of the constitutional review process is uncertain. We are employing public and private pressure, engaging broadly with the senior-most levels of the government and other political actors, and reaching out extensively to the Kenyan people, youth, civil society, the media, the private sector, and religious groups. We also laying out incentives for positive action on reforms and supporting significant steps when they are taken. Continued intensive U.S. efforts - using our unique influence in Kenya - is essential to propel implementation of the reform agenda. U.S. efforts are viewed very favorably by the Kenyan people and are helping generate increased domestic-driven pressure for reforms. This message discusses the current state of play, the dynamics affecting the reform agenda, and U.S. policy and actions. End summary.
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Post by ndege on Dec 9, 2010 4:14:31 GMT 3
Of course, this is just one of many cables (1,818 - as per Spiegel) from the US embassy in Nairobi.
I would assume that it was composed to get Obama up to speed (it's from January, 12th, 2010), before he embarked on his presidency.
Sadly, a couple of names have been removed before publication. The news organisations involved in publicising the WikiLeaks cables have, as far as I understand, established a system amongst them (and with WikiLeaks) which forms the basis of their decisions of what to x out, and what not. What the finer details of this system are, I do not know. I would assume ... whenever a name is 'alleged' to have done this or that they skip it. Also, when some 'small fish' informant could be placed in harm's way.
A reminder: We have to understand that the cables which are leaked are not from the CIA (which, I am sure, has different levels of information; and, possibly, a different kind of mission), nor are they from the top, top-secret tier of correspondence (for which embassies use a different communication system than the one employed for the leaked cables).
The cables Wikileaks obtained are from tier 1 to tier 3 (quite secret) levels of confidentiality.
Finally, those cables come from embassies — well, 8,009 are from the State Department to the embassies, but the majority of the 250,000 are not —, they are reports back home. They may form the basis of DC policy, they may be reflective of DC policy (as set), but they are not necessarily policy themselves. They are basically reports from the ground, frank and open, and come with suggestions for further action by those 'in the field'. What DC makes of this, or if DC has "other plans" ... is (probably) a different story.
I just wanted to remind us of this when we put the content into perspective.
As I said before, the job of any country's embassy's staff is to report back to HQ, so HQ knows what's going on, so that HQ - the respective government - can design policies. Those policies, and I am sure this is true the world over, first and foremost are to further one's own government's respective interests. Fair deal. No problem. Really, that, in itself, doesn't make anyone 'evil'; the policies, however, might.
I hope our government does the same. (Although ... well, what was the context again in which a Kenyan embassy was last mentioned? Right.)
The main question I think we have to ask ourselves when looking at these particular cables, beside the scandal that they have become, should be a practical one: how much of US policy coincides with Kenya's interest – the people, not the elite? The way (most of) our politicians consider it, coincides not (much) with the interests of the majority of Kenyans (as all too well we know).
I don't know about you, but looking at this (one!) cable, I can only say: the politics set forth (well, recommended) in it, are quite congruent with what I would hope for. I cannot wait to read more.
One thing though, that stood out for me ... Maybe I'm just too much of an idealist, but that he mentions Raila as involved in corruption, is a bit disheartening. Disheartening ... because, whatever he thinks or does, Ranneberger can't report something back home which he himself does not have reasons to believe to be the truth (although, he may have gotten in wrong!). Neither would he do his job, nor has he any other incentive to do so. Which means: He means it. Which means: Mmmmm ...
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Post by okhunyanye on Dec 9, 2010 8:30:38 GMT 3
* Kabogo and Chris Murungaru feature in drugs cables.* wikileaks.ch/cable/2006/01/06NAIROBI72.html* The drugs are technically under the court's jurisdiction, but were turned over to Police Commission Ali for safeguarding at presumably secure, undisclosed location. One of the only three police officers said to have keys to the storage facility was murdered this year under highly suspicious circumstances; several of his immediate family members have since also been killed. * Despite U.S., UK and Dutch repeated offers to assist in the analysis and testing of the seized goods, and to help trace the network responsible for the shipment, Kenyan authorities have kept all foreign missions at arms' length. ** According to XXXXXXXXXXXX, those being prosecuted now are mere scapegoats, while the real guilty parties (including Christopher Murungaru, who was Security Minister at the time of the initial seizure, later moved to Transportation (which oversees the ports), and only removed from the cabinet last November) enjoy impunity. * A number of suspects have been arrested for questioning about Abdillahi's death. Among them: four brothers of (known thug and rich-far-beyond-visible-means) Juja MP William Kabogo, who is also owner of a port container transshipment company. BELLAMY
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Post by ndege on Dec 9, 2010 9:25:35 GMT 3
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Post by Onyango Oloo on Dec 9, 2010 18:08:54 GMT 3
I copy pasted the following from an email in my inbox: Here Is a friendly version of the WikiLeaks Text Search Engine. On the Search Engine search for Nairobi or Kenya. cablesearch.org/
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Post by job on Dec 9, 2010 18:20:46 GMT 3
Ndege & Oloo,
Thanks for those links. All I can say is wow!!!!It's amazing what goes down there.
Here's my take on just one cable leak - the confidential dosssier on drug trafficking (which Okhunyanye has started filtering above).
I frankly think this particular wikileak dossier puts the life of Magistrate Aggrey Muchelule at risk (at the hands of the ruthless drug cartels) because it portrays him ‘talking’ to the diplomats about shoddy police investigations and shoddy prosecution from AG’s chambers. Drug traffickers can’t stand snitches.
It is also easy to deduce that former DPP, Philip Murgor, and former Mandera E MP Billow Kerrow, are both informants to the US Embassy. Whether they are also protected by the same is the question. I hope they are!
The leak also exposes the significant nexus the US intelligence places between a sitting Minister of Transport (in charge of Ports) and drug trafficking. They note Murungaru’s reassignment to the Transport Ministry during the height of major trafficking.
Can I remind you the current Transport Minister is Amos Kimunya - the one who, no sooner had assumed the position, had replaced the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) and Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) bosses with his tribal lackeys. KAA and KPA are the two major gateways for drugs into Kenya.
In a nutshell, US intelligence gathered that the drug cartel of Akasha (previously protected by certain operatives of the Moi government) was extinguished upon Kibaki’s election in 2002, by new upstart cartels of wakina Juja MP, William Kabogo (then protected by cabinet ministers like Chris Murungaru).
Kabogo and his brothers own a Cargo-Port-Warehouse-Trans-shipment company, the perfect infrastructure and logistic base for drug trafficking. US Intelligence says Kabogo is ‘rich-far-beyond-visible-means’.
The protection within police (esp. under Commissioner Gen. Ali and CID boss Kamau), within the AG chambers (prosecution office) and within courts was/is amazing. The police-ring-protection network was probably organized during Chris Murungaru's tenure as Internal Security Minister. Even ordinary MPs are incorporated as allies. This drug industry has taken a life of its own under Kibaki's tenure.
US intelligence thinks that seized cocaine shipment of 2004 (the largest ever in Africa) was Kabogo’s. They also say the latter was able to retrieve it (despite its being in police custody). And as soon as he did - we started reading all those arrests of Kenya Airways hostesses and crew at Heathrow Airport for drug trafficking.
US attributes the murder of former KPA DCIO Hassan Abdillahi on Kabogo’s brothers, the former being suspected by British Intelligence, as having been allied to the Akasha cartel.
Looks also that there's a lot of intelligence-sharing between the British and the US, at the ground level in Nairobi, and it looks like the former are the ones who first put a finger on the lid exposing Murungaru's role in Kenya's drug trade. It's no wonder the Brits were the first to ban Murungaru from stepping their soil.
This is yet another of Kibaki's legacy to Kenya...peak drug trafficking endangering our youth!!!
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Post by politicalmaniac on Dec 9, 2010 18:32:01 GMT 3
This is yet another of Kibaki's legacy to Kenya...peak drug trafficking endangering our youth!!! Indeed, what a tattered legacy, eti the sloth keguoya generali "delegates", which on one hand protects him from direct legal culpability when the sh!t hits the fan, but on the other hand it does not absolve him from the moral aspect of all these shenanigans, including the stolen elections and PEV, the grand corruption, the drug trafficking, artur mamluki saga etc. Kabogo does indeed have operations in Pwani as he is a good pal of my partner down there. Also it seems that Sonko read the kabogo playbook and went into politics and see what that got him! lay low folks! (i.e the drug traffickers)
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Post by job on Dec 9, 2010 19:37:44 GMT 3
kamale,You seem to be the only one who does not understand that apart from deputizing the CGS, the Vice CGS is overall in-charge of logistics in the entire defence force of the republic of Kenya. Karangi also personally chairs the defence tender committee, with the PS Defence acting as its secretary. This committee prepares and manages the entire defence budget for all the three services. Karangi also chair by proxy, the Equipment and Infrastructure Approval Committee (EIAC). The EIAC meant to be chaired by the CGS and is also composed of the PS, Service Commanders and Senior Defence HQ staff, but in most cases it is Karangi who chairs it by virtue of his line of official duties at Defence Headquarters. The EIAC is the final authority for approval of major defence equipment and infrastructure Development. The committee has also the ultimate responsibility for approving budgets for defence equipment programmes. Given the large size of their very opaque annual expenditure, this is a very powerful position indeed. It is a position prone to abuse through grand corruption and those of us in the know also understand his closeness to the powers that have markedly enhanced the profile of the VCGS far beyond the official job description. You also seem to be ignorant of the fact the South Sudan is not yet an independent country and that there is no state currently known as Southern Sudan. Everyone knowns that it is the Arabic Republic of Sudan which has been designated as State Sponsor of Terrorism since 1993. Now back to the issue at hand: The cargo of MV Faina, which included more than T24 tanks, rocket propelled grenades, Armoured Personnel Carriers, ammunition, etc, was actually not for Government of Kenya Security Services (GoSS) according to Mutua and Wetangula, but an importation of the semi-autonomous Government of South Sudan (GoSS) based in Juba Sudan. That order was illegally executed by the documents and seal of the Kenya Government. The GoSS Tanks dossier is now out.It looks like all the higher-ups from Kibaki (CIC), Raila (PM), Haji (MoD), Kianga (CGS), Karangi (VCGS), were all aware of the MV Faina - GoSS Tank deal - while the US mounted a spirited objection against shipment of the tanks to S/Sudan (for violation of CPA terms).Ranneberger's cables state: ...Kenya's track record on corruption, it is always possible that there is a financial benefit for a senior Kenyan official (or two, or more) in return for facilitating the arms shipments. Ranneberger wanted to coerce the Kenyan leadership against shipping the tanks. He knew there was a Defense Council meeting coming up for December 21st, so he started pulling legs. Another excerpt:¶1. On December 15, Ambassador Ranneberger discussed the tank transfer issue with Prime Minister Odinga, who said that the GOK was committed to assisting the GOSS and that there was "intense pressure" from the GOSS to deliver the tanks. He hinted that the GOK might instead transfer the tanks to Uganda (and, he implied, from there to South Sudan). On December 16, following AF guidance, Ambassador Ranneberger reiterated to the PM that any further transfer of the tanks, via Uganda or otherwise, would violate U.S. law and could trigger sweeping sanctions against Kenya. Ranneberger also sought to convince Uhuru Kenyatta against it - probably as a go-through to Kibaki. About the upcoming December 21 Defense Council meeting, Ranneberger wrote: The Defense Council is chaired by President Kibaki, and it appears likely that Kianga will use the list to underscore the importance of the U.S.-Kenya mil-mil relationship and to convince Kibaki not to transfer the tanks. In addition to Kibaki and Kianga, other Defense Council members are NSIS Director Gichangi, Minister for Defense Haji, Minister for Internal Security Saitoti, Commandant of the Administration Police Mbugua, and Police Commissioner Iteere. (Note: The Defense Council is composed entirely of advisors who are close to the President and come from his Kikuyu ethnic group or closely related groups. End note.) Looks too, that under the lopsided US-Kenya military-military cooperation, the US intelligence has it so easy within our entire security apparatus. The US almost gets any information on Kenya's military and internal security affairs through the Director of Military Intelligence Philip Kameru and NSIS Director Michael Gichagi. The US didn't even need satellite photos...they already knew the step-by-step whereabouts of the tanks all the way from the coast to Kahawa barracks, when and how they were loaded on rail flat-beds and how/where they were to be transported. What a domineering,one-sided relationship. It seems -prior to this incident- everything Kenya's military does, they must first get permission from the US. Bure kabisa!
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Post by job on Dec 9, 2010 19:48:54 GMT 3
On building the Lamu Port, Ranneberger says:The GOK is highly interested in developing a major port complex in Lamu, which has much greater potential as a deep water port than Mombasa. The GOK originally held discussions with Qatar over the development of the Lamu port in return for a substantial allocation of farm land. Negotiations involving development of the Lamu port reportedly occur inside the"black box of President Kibaki's" inner circle at State House. We understand, however, that talks with Qatar are off, and that the Chinese are in play as a potential partner for the port development project and associated regional infrastructure (road and rail infrastructure to Southern Sudan and Ethiopia, and pipeline infrastructure to Southern Sudan and Uganda).
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Post by job on Dec 9, 2010 19:54:17 GMT 3
On the Kenya government monitoring people's telephone conversations (spying), Ranneberger writes:As of late August 2009, XXXXXXXXXXXX awarded XXXXXXXXXXXX a contract to provide landline telephone monitoring equipment to XXXXXXXXXXXX.
XXXXXXXXXXXX awarded the contract to XXXXXXXXXXXX after being pressured to do so by XXXXXXXXXXXX and XXXXXXXXXXXX .
XXXXXXXXXXXX 's preference for is based on kickbacks he received XXXXXXXXXXXX while on a visit to China.
XXXXXXXXXXXX received monthly payments of over $5000 from XXXXXXXXXXXX which were used to pay medical bills.
As of September 2008, XXXXXXXXXXXX, Chinese technicians were working on a project in the basement of the NSIS headquarters.
The presence of the technicians was well known throughout the NSIS and was causing some concern over the level of cooperation between the NSIS and its Chinese counterparts
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Post by job on Dec 9, 2010 19:59:21 GMT 3
On Chinese labourers migrating into Kenya, (alongside contractors) Ranneberger wrote:China's companies working in Kenya tend to import a substantial number of Chinese workers.
This importation of labor from China tends to limit the number of Kenyans who directly benefit with wages and knowledge transfer from the projects.
The low Chinese bids on major projects also push local firms out of the process, especially in infrastructure areas where capacity building of local firms would be useful.
In addition, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) noticed a marked increase in poaching wherever Chinese labor camps were located and in fact set up specific interdiction efforts aimed to reduce poaching (see ref B). KWS also reports that 90% of the ivory smugglers detained at JKIA are Chinese nationals.
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Post by gachquota on Dec 9, 2010 20:00:19 GMT 3
Job
If Ranebaga knew ODM was winning and then they manipulated the polls for the eventual rigging by da sloth then U.S.A has something to answer about what happened during the PEV.
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Post by phil on Dec 9, 2010 20:21:59 GMT 3
Job,
Ranneberger has poor sleuths doing the rounds for him. I am available to advise of some of the goings on for free.
This MV Faina deal was brokered when Mary Wambui was nominated to act as the 'agent' for the Ukranians. These are arms are used surplus from the former USSR government. I will let you guess who nominated her. Without an authenticated and sealed End User Certificate from a recognised government ministry of defence, there is no way in hell arms of that magnitude would have been supplied to GoSS. That is how Gen Karangi comes in. He quickly instructed (recently resigned) junior officers to prepare documentation. In the military such orders are obeyed without question. Between Karangi and SPLM, the technical specs are agreed upon and the supplier promptly informed.
In the meantime, not wanting to upset the coalition waters and knowing that the PM is a strong supporter (actually a founder and still active member) of the SPLM, Raila is quickly informed of the arrangements and as a GoSS sympthiser, he endorses the deal. Raila as PM is informed of these kind matters nearly on a daily basis. There are those he opposes and there are those he tacitly approves. This is 'normal' for people operating at that level.
At the time the MV Faina was hijacked, the shipping of the massive assortment of arms was already 75% delivered, which means the cargo on MV Faina was just a quarter of what had already been shipped. Damned those somali pirates.
As technical partner for Kenyan 'agent' and as the false end user, Karangi goes to Ukraine to inspect the cargo before it is shipped and approves the shipment. Kenya Government wires the payment, (on behalf of Goss), less the agent commission (normally between 10-25% of order value) and the goods are shipped and delivered to Juba. Deal closed every one is happy.
One thing I want you to know is that there is NO government contract that can be signed by treasury without the express approval of Mary Wambui. She is the main trading arm of XXXX and their main deal broker in Nairobi. Her main contact and partner at DoD is Karangi. This is where Karangi derives his power that he uses to terrorise even the minister and the CGS. Any deal must be endorsed by her. It therefore means that if you are a businessman seeking to supply high value goods or services to GoK, the best bet for getting these done is her or her daughter. If the Artur Brothers know this, why not the sharp minds of Jukwaa?
rannebeger needs to do deeper investigations. He will come up with the names of the companies involved, their directors and the exact order dates and value amounts of these contracts. From whats posted at wikileaks, it seems he only scratched at the top and relied on information from the media.
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Post by enigma on Dec 9, 2010 21:32:10 GMT 3
This is yet another of Kibaki's legacy to Kenya...peak drug trafficking endangering our youth!!! Indeed, what a tattered legacy, eti the sloth keguoya generali "delegates", which on one hand protects him from direct legal culpability when the sh!t hits the fan, but on the other hand it does not absolve him from the moral aspect of all these shenanigans, including the stolen elections and PEV, the grand corruption, the drug trafficking, artur mamluki saga etc. Kabogo does indeed have operations in Pwani as he is a good pal of my partner down there. Also it seems that Sonko read the kabogo playbook and went into politics and see what that got him! lay low folks! (i.e the drug traffickers) PM, so your partner is ''palling'' around with drug dealers? Man you are a complex character.
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