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Post by kamalet on Dec 10, 2010 19:45:09 GMT 3
Kibaki says is best:
“Let those who write, write, and if they have a problem with us they can write even more. Kenyans judge the work my government has done by tangible gains not from such nonsense.
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Post by adongo23456 on Dec 10, 2010 21:14:03 GMT 3
Kibaki says is best: “Let those who write, write, and if they have a problem with us they can write even more. Kenyans judge the work my government has done by tangible gains not from such nonsense.hehehehehehe, Kibaki must have forgotten that thinkers shape the world even hundreds of years after they are dead and that many of those thinkers, not all, are also very good writers. Of course you all know about my great uncle I often talk about who never set foot in a classroom and whom I still think is one of the sharpest minds I have had the pleasure to be around. If only I could have put his views of the world and on business management down. Some university students would be combing his books right now. But yeah a lot of wikileak stuff is hot air. Actually it seems to depend on how talkative each ambassador was. Some never uttered a word. Others sent cables everyday. But this is a historic expose. I can guarantee that some writers are already making deals with the Wikileak chaps to turn this into a book so that the information is more organized and accessible. The question is will Americans hound such writers into prisons claiming this is "stolen" information. So far they seem impotent to stop the leaking vessel so I think some writers are going to jump on this. That would be a best seller on day one. I also would urge some Kenyan writers to put together the Kenyan portion of the Wikileaks so we don't have to jump through the hoops. So far Jukwaa is doing a pretty good job of it. Folks are bringing the Kenya related info fast and furious and very detailed. Great job. Members of Jukwaa are throwing in their analysis and takes. We have the usual biases we live with. Life is good in Jukwaa if you are a Wikileaky fun. You folks are doing a wonderful job. I find this Jukwaa Wikileak thread the best to access information in a more organized and relevant way. Keep it up. adongo
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Post by shifta on Dec 11, 2010 4:34:24 GMT 3
We are not the only East Africans obsessed by these leaks. Here is a view friom U.G. www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/1070250/-/ck244jz/-/index.html----------------------------------------------------------------------- Damn you Wikileaks By Robert Kalumba (email the author) Posted Saturday, December 11 2010 at 00:00 Kampala “Please Lord could you make all this go away!” That could be the number one prayer request for many political leaders who are on the receiving end of the whistleblower website Wikileaks. They need all the prayers they can amass with the revelations that have them all looking like clowns. If you thought Wikileaks’s revelations about Museveni sending LRA Chief Joseph Kony a Christmas present in form of cows was simply awkward, [/then you should read what Wikileaks exposed about our neighbours! Related Stories Two ministers took bribe on oil deal, say leaked reports I have never been bribed by Heritage or Eni - Mbabazi Mbabazi and Onek benefited from sale of oil production rights Take for example Sudan. There has been all this talk of having a referendum on independence for Southern Sudan. However according to a leaked US embassy cable revealed that not everyone is happy about the possible break-up of Sudan. In the cable written last year, from the US embassy in Cairo, a foreign official requested the US to postpone the referendum arguing that a “non-viable state” called Southern Sudan will be created and this in the long run could threaten Egypt’s access to River Nile. So Big Brother up north of Sudan won’t be smiling if Salva Kiir and Co get their wish come January 2011! Does that explain the dilly dallying of Gen. Omar al- Bashir on the issue? For Kenya, it was depicted as “a swamp of flourishing corruption” Blimey and here we were thinking Uganda’s “swamp of corruption” was the largest in East Africa. The cables claim that the US looks at the government of Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga with “disdain.” Could “disdain” (in “diplomatic” language) mean…disgust? Meanwhile, for the DRC, it is thought to be in such a “privileged position” . According to a list of worldwide infrastructures “critical” to the US, cobalt mine in the DRC, is one of them. Yes many of you would be thinking...what a mine? It’s those same mines that had almost the whole of Africa (Including Uganda) involved in a war that took place in DRC between 1998 and 2003. So, yes, mines are such “sensitive” infrastructure and need as much protection as they can get. Another such infrastructure is a company in Australia that makes anti-snake venom. Just asking; when did snake venom become this “sensitive”? So Kaguta sent cows to Kony? So what! Wikileaks doesn’t reveal that on top of the cows was a Christmas card wishing the rebel all the best in the year and a box of chocolates! Now that would be taking the piss wouldn’t it? How Kaguta must be on knees wishing for no more leaks from that go.da.mn website. ;D ;D ;D
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Post by shifta on Dec 11, 2010 4:56:04 GMT 3
Adongo, I would venture to say that the expose on drugs with names listed should count for something.. But it is stuff like this about Nigeria that gets my blood boiling. WikiLeaks cables: Pfizer 'used dirty tricks to avoid clinical trial payout'----------------------------- The world's biggest pharmaceutical company hired investigators to unearth evidence of corruption against the Nigerian attorney general in order to persuade him to drop legal action over a controversial drug trial involving children with meningitis, according to a leaked US embassy cable. Pfizer was sued by the Nigerian state and federal authorities, who claimed that children were harmed by a new antibiotic, Trovan, during the trial, which took place in the middle of a meningitis epidemic of unprecedented scale in Kano in the north of Nigeria in 1996. Last year, the company came to a tentative settlement with the Kano state government which was to cost it $75m. But the cable suggests that the US drug giant did not want to pay out to settle the two cases – one civil and one criminal – brought by the Nigerian federal government. Read the rest here: www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/dec/09/wikileaks-cables-pfizer-nigeria
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Post by kamalet on Dec 11, 2010 23:08:06 GMT 3
In the latest wikileaks on corruption, Lumumba is quoted as saying that he believes all our 34 cabinet ministers are in the take and confides so with the yankees.
Now one problem I see for Lumumba is that he will be seen as an idle gossip by the cabinet ministers who apart from the fact they will avoid american embassy staff like the plague, the same fate will befall Lumumba. No one wants to talk to someone who will repeat to what we Kenyans call 'foreign masters'.
For starters, Ranebaga will seriuosly find himself isolated by government functionaries
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Post by phil on Dec 11, 2010 23:25:11 GMT 3
Kibaki says is best: “Let those who write, write, and if they have a problem with us they can write even more. Kenyans judge the work my government has done by tangible gains not from such nonsense. Kamale,
Kibaki says it worst. And yours is beyond sychophancy. Do you trully believe this is Kibaki's government? Kibaki is the main cause fo Kenya's high number of wilileaks cables. He knows that without his electoral theft, Kenya would not amongst the top most negatively spoken about.
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Post by reporter911 on Dec 12, 2010 10:17:34 GMT 3
Interesting video from Wiki-leaks guys svtplay.se/v/2264028/wikirebels___the_documentary?cb,a1364145,1,f,-1/pb,a1364142,1,f,-1/pl,v,,2264028/sb,p118750,1,f,-1 After you watch this Video Especially the American army massacre of innocent Iraqi's it is unbelievable...
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Post by reporter911 on Dec 13, 2010 0:41:50 GMT 3
Wiki-leaks rapping Video - Serious reporting with bits of humor
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Post by politicalmaniac on Dec 13, 2010 3:20:44 GMT 3
Interesting video from Wiki-leaks guys svtplay.se/v/2264028/wikirebels___the_documentary?cb,a1364145,1,f,-1/pb,a1364142,1,f,-1/pl,v,,2264028/sb,p118750,1,f,-1 After you watch this Video Especially the American army massacre of innocent Iraqi's it is unbelievable... repota, I wanted to watch it but its long length 57 min, discouraged me. Regardless, the war crimes committed by the US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan has been covered up both by the media and the US Govt.
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Post by reporter911 on Dec 13, 2010 7:43:20 GMT 3
Interesting video from Wiki-leaks guys svtplay.se/v/2264028/wikirebels___the_documentary?cb,a1364145,1,f,-1/pb,a1364142,1,f,-1/pl,v,,2264028/sb,p118750,1,f,-1 After you watch this Video Especially the American army massacre of innocent Iraqi's it is unbelievable... repota, I wanted to watch it but its long length 57 min, discouraged me. Regardless, the war crimes committed by the US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan has been covered up both by the media and the US Govt. politicalmaniac actually it is less than 10min I encourage you to watch it, it does put everything in prospective why the USA & some other countries affected are hell bent to silence the wiki-leaks founder - I guess is the main world media is gagged and this is the final frontier of reporting, and if it is shut down........ the main world Media does not show us such raw material, it always one sided.......
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Post by kamalet on Dec 13, 2010 9:04:51 GMT 3
Kibaki says is best: “Let those who write, write, and if they have a problem with us they can write even more. Kenyans judge the work my government has done by tangible gains not from such nonsense. Kamale,
Kibaki says it worst. And yours is beyond sychophancy. Do you trully believe this is Kibaki's government? Kibaki is the main cause fo Kenya's high number of wilileaks cables. He knows that without his electoral theft, Kenya would not amongst the top most negatively spoken about. Rather than behave like a functional illiterate, you need to understand the context of Kibaki's reference to HIS GOVERNMENT. IF I can offer help, then know that in all respects, he is the executive president of Kenya and all the rest in government (including your beloved PM) are minions in his government! But I shall not begrudge you your negativity and you serious hope that the cables are about him! The cables are about Kenya, that is why him and Raila are tagged as anti-reformers and the cabinet entirely corrupt! No run along and sulk in the corner.
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Post by bkichwa on Dec 13, 2010 18:34:00 GMT 3
Looks like the Americans said some unsavoury things about the PM if they have to prepare him for the unkindness well before wikileaks publishes the cables from Kenya! The US is doing a global scale damage control exercise calling on World Leaders at least a week before the leaks. And they do not bother talking to people that they consider irrelevant to their wider interests. Kamale, you can read the pebbles how you wish, and we will see what those leaks say, but in diplomatic statecraft this is significant. Going back to the communication above from a few days ago by Kamale and Roughrider: Kamale, seems like your assessment above of the Ranneberger/Raila meeting was not far off the mark. This, judging from the Kenya leaks we have seen so far, and Raila's subsequent angry reaction to them. But what happened? Thought Raila was the darling of the west? And Kenya's foremost reformer as we are frequently reminded by his supporters? Perhaps that memo never reached the US's pointman here in Kenya, seeing that his candid report on Raila back to Washington is that of a man whose reform credentials parallel those of the dreaded status quoist, one Mwai Kibaki?
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Post by job on Dec 13, 2010 19:39:06 GMT 3
The US is doing a global scale damage control exercise calling on World Leaders at least a week before the leaks. And they do not bother talking to people that they consider irrelevant to their wider interests. Kamale, you can read the pebbles how you wish, and we will see what those leaks say, but in diplomatic statecraft this is significant. Going back to the communication above from a few days ago by Kamale and Roughrider: Kamale, seems like your assessment above of the Ranneberger/Raila meeting was not far off the mark. This, judging from the Kenya leaks we have seen so far, and Raila's subsequent angry reaction to them.
But what happened? Thought Raila was the darling of the west? And Kenya's formost reformer as we are frequently reminded by his supporters? Perhaps that memo never reached the US's pointman here in Kenya, seeing that the candid report on him back to Washington is that of a man whose reform credentials parallel those of the dreaded status quoist, one Mwai Kibaki? Is it only Raila who reacted angrily to the leaks? Didn't you see the other principal (legendary for being quiet and reticent) react even more angrily & on more than one occassion, regarding the same leaks?
Ama you just wanted to 'focus' on Raila's reaction alone?If 'the west' here insinuates the US, then I'm afraid, you're dead wrong. The US (esp.under George W Bush) was never favourable to Raila during the period those cables were written. Raila couldn't have been the darling of the US - who had a hand in blocking him from acending to the Presidency in 07. The west is a broad term with very many competing interests, often, British interests (or German interests etc) sometimes do collide with US interests in Kenya. A 'darling' of the British may be a pariah to the Americans and vice versa. And kindly note that the "reforms" (& "reformers") Ranneberger talks about, ain't the same reforms (& reformers) most Kenyans yearn for. Thus a status-quoist in Ranneberger's eyes, could very well mean a local-issues reformer/reformist - who is otherwise insensitive to foreign reforms (& foreign armtwisting). Ranneberger (& Americans generally) is/are so adept at conflating the term 'reform' to confuse gullible masses that they are more or less talking about the same wananchi-aspired reforms.If you took a poll on Kenyans regarding Rannebergers pet-reform of privatization and deregulation ( keeping government away from oversight) of virtually all services in Kenya ( telecommunications, water, schools, healthcare, transport - air, railways, ports etc), most wananchi will disagree with Ranneberger's demands for such drastic reforms. Many want the government to still participate in educating kids, running hospitals, and providing basic services. Rannberger on the other hand, wants 'reforms' that see everything privatized, and shielded away from government oversight, so that American companies can come in and make profits from the wananchi (aka - market).Creating financial conditions that are unfavourable to small local (Kenyan) banks but favourable to American multinational banks is another 'reform' Ranneberger wants imposed in Kenya. I guess if you support creation of local banks,you too would be an anti-reformer in Ranneberger's eyes. Making our police able to comply with US counter-terrorism rules is another 'reform' that would jeopardize human rights of many Kenyans (esp. Muslims). Someone like Raila who will know and filter the real reforms Kenya needs, seperate from foreign impositions,will definitely in Ranneberger's books qualify as an anti-reformer. It is therefore no surprise that he could have very unsavoury words for Raila. But does it heck matter? Absolutely not!!! Kenyans know what reforms they want, and know which leaders champion them, period!
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Post by phil on Dec 13, 2010 21:56:57 GMT 3
Kamale,
Kibaki says it worst. And yours is beyond sychophancy. Do you trully believe this is Kibaki's government? Kibaki is the main cause fo Kenya's high number of wilileaks cables. He knows that without his electoral theft, Kenya would not amongst the top most negatively spoken about. Rather than behave like a functional illiterate, you need to understand the context of Kibaki's reference to HIS GOVERNMENT. IF I can offer help, then know that in all respects, he is the executive president of Kenya and all the rest in government (including your beloved PM) are minions in his government! But I shall not begrudge you your negativity and you serious hope that the cables are about him! The cables are about Kenya, that is why him and Raila are tagged as anti-reformers and the cabinet entirely corrupt! No run along and sulk in the corner. Kamale,If this were a boxing match, then yours would be a punch below the belt. But I understand your situation since you are enjoying your Jamhuri long weekend. Kibaki did not win any election. Kibaki was forced into a coalition to save Kenya and much of the region from violence and a serious case of commercial and social stagnation. It was a forced arragement.
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Post by tnk on Dec 14, 2010 12:32:01 GMT 3
Interesting video from Wiki-leaks guys svtplay.se/v/2264028/wikirebels___the_documentary?cb,a1364145,1,f,-1/pb,a1364142,1,f,-1/pl,v,,2264028/sb,p118750,1,f,-1 After you watch this Video Especially the American army massacre of innocent Iraqi's it is unbelievable... reporter911 i have now watched the entire (1hr) video clip its worth every minute very much appreciated pmaniac make the time to watch the clip, there are some issues that simply cannot be over-emphasized. reporter911 keep up the good work
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Post by commes on Dec 14, 2010 15:08:31 GMT 3
Is it that our “great men and women” are almost always the bad? or to para phrase is it that our “bad men and women” are almost always our worst nightmares? What is it that Americans have on RAO? Or it it that he is the most accessible? I can only repeat in my own words what has been said here before.
I recall the moving speech given by his Excellency during his inauguration on corruption and impunity, and I can only conclude that power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
It is really a sick and twisted eulogy looking back at past and current events. The usual suspects regurgitated and recycled! The weak leadership shadow boxing and pulling rabbits out of magic hats. The small fish auctioned for 30cents at the Kenyan Courts, the list goes on.
The Kroll report and the current Wikileak dossiers is testimony enough!
The Kroll report for example uncovered weighty issues. The most “amusing and unbelievable” is a business in the name of Government of Kenya, the officials of which are named as Ex-President Moi, George Saitoti, Sally Kosgei, Chrysantus Okemao, Nicholas Biwott, Mark Bor, JK Musyimi and Mr. Deche. Investigative media reporting should have followed through, I hear that KACC is on it.
The wiki leaks have told us how a click of known persons run down government institutions and cost thousands of Kenyans their much needed jobs and livelihoods every year. Institutions that are meant to provide us with these statistics sit on them. The multiplier effect needs to be factored in and the PS of Finance gave us a “modest” figure of KES 250 billion plus that goes down the drain each year. People grab gazetted forest lands to an extent that they impact on climate change, causing untold sufferings to the Kenya people. The Lords of the ring even have guts to carry out murders of innocent and progressive citizens at statehouse, and still walk totally tall.
These are serious issues. Yet we tolerate them, they have become second to nature and disdain set in eons ago.
We have reduced our whistle blowers to mad men roaming the market place? The Kenyan whistleblower on MV Faina and weapons cache to Southern Sudan was frustrated only to be proved right. The ones on drugs shipment were not so lucky with their lives, “Runner burger” has become a villain and a subject of entertainment during important state functions. Issues based discussions and practical actions take a back sit, as always. The analysis here at Jukwaa is top notch, and we need to ebb these down to the common mwanainchi, but how? OO and the rest of Jukwaa needs to think ahead, least we are overtaken by developments in the same way facebook did to kina yahoo etc. ;D
It appears as though the “Commissions of Inquiry reports “ are a means for those in power to identify and seek opportunities to jump into bed with the corrupt: previous, current and future.
Thinking of it, Jukwaa-leaks is needed.
What the likes of Martha Karua, Mutula Kilonzo and Danson Mutagana are saying now on these leaky reports makes the two principles appear as anti-reformers.
Over the last several years, these types of play have become all too common and boring to the extent that unless there is some really sick and overly twisted detail that goes beyond what we have heard before, we hardly take any notice. We have become frigid.
Local media reporting has stagnated in its old traditional fashion. Wikileaks has become a new form of media and activitism. CSO’s and other voices of and for the Kenyan people should re-define their modus operandi. It is no longer surprisingly to see the above happen over and over again. A section of Government going back on their commitment to the ICC, great men and women of repute in positions which they have aspired to all their lives succumbing shamelessly to the old ways that we have painfully seen being played and replayed out.
It is time. We need a Gandalf! in every sector. The era of the one man saviour is gone, just like it was in football.
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Post by gachquota on Dec 14, 2010 16:56:40 GMT 3
Is it that our “great men and women” are almost always the bad? or to para phrase is it that our “bad men and women” are almost always our worst nightmares? What is it that Americans have on RAO? Or it it that he is the most accessible? I can only repeat in my own words what has been said here before. I recall the moving speech given by his Excellency during his inauguration on corruption and impunity, and I can only conclude that power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. It is really a sick and twisted eulogy looking back at past and current events. The usual suspects regurgitated and recycled! The weak leadership shadow boxing and pulling rabbits out of magic hats. The small fish auctioned for 30cents at the Kenyan Courts, the list goes on. The Kroll report and the current Wikileak dossiers is testimony enough! The Kroll report for example uncovered weighty issues. The most “amusing and unbelievable” is a business in the name of Government of Kenya, the officials of which are named as Ex-President Moi, George Saitoti, Sally Kosgei, Chrysantus Okemao, Nicholas Biwott, Mark Bor, JK Musyimi and Mr. Deche. Investigative media reporting should have followed through, I hear that KACC is on it. The wiki leaks have told us how a click of known persons run down government institutions and cost thousands of Kenyans their much needed jobs and livelihoods every year. Institutions that are meant to provide us with these statistics sit on them. The multiplier effect needs to be factored in and the PS of Finance gave us a “modest” figure of KES 250 billion plus that goes down the drain each year. People grab gazetted forest lands to an extent that they impact on climate change, causing untold sufferings to the Kenya people. The Lords of the ring even have guts to carry out murders of innocent and progressive citizens at statehouse, and still walk totally tall. These are serious issues. Yet we tolerate them, they have become second to nature and disdain set in eons ago. We have reduced our whistle blowers to mad men roaming the market place? The Kenyan whistleblower on MV Faina and weapons cache to Southern Sudan was frustrated only to be proved right. The ones on drugs shipment were not so lucky with their lives, “Runner burger” has become a villain and a subject of entertainment during important state functions. Issues based discussions and practical actions take a back sit, as always. The analysis here at Jukwaa is top notch, and we need to ebb these down to the common mwanainchi, but how? OO and the rest of Jukwaa needs to think ahead, least we are overtaken by developments in the same way facebook did to kina yahoo etc. ;D It appears as though the “Commissions of Inquiry reports “ are a means for those in power to identify and seek opportunities to jump into bed with the corrupt: previous, current and future. Thinking of it, Jukwaa-leaks is needed. What the likes of Martha Karua, Mutula Kilonzo and Danson Mutagana are saying now on these leaky reports makes the two principles appear as anti-reformers. Over the last several years, these types of play have become all too common and boring to the extent that unless there is some really sick and overly twisted detail that goes beyond what we have heard before, we hardly take any notice. We have become frigid. Local media reporting has stagnated in its old traditional fashion. Wikileaks has become a new form of media and activitism. CSO’s and other voices of and for the Kenyan people should re-define their modus operandi. It is no longer surprisingly to see the above happen over and over again. A section of Government going back on their commitment to the ICC, great men and women of repute in positions which they have aspired to all their lives succumbing shamelessly to the old ways that we have painfully seen being played and replayed out. It is time. We need a Gandalf! in every sector. The era of the one man saviour is gone, just like it was in football. Commes Sweet article enjoyed reading it.
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Post by ndege on Dec 16, 2010 5:09:50 GMT 3
Thank you commes! Spot on.
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Post by gachquota on Dec 16, 2010 23:07:04 GMT 3
Assange is out on bail.
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Post by job on Dec 17, 2010 23:54:07 GMT 3
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Post by toddo on Dec 18, 2010 1:43:56 GMT 3
With this report on Ringera out, I guess our judiciary has a heck of a job to do. I am really fearing for PLO with this report out. I pray for his life to be protected.
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Post by shifta on Dec 18, 2010 2:50:38 GMT 3
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Post by okhunyanye on Dec 18, 2010 7:56:12 GMT 3
*The US ambassador sought security advisory to suspend entry into the US of Amos Wako and his family. He describes Wako as the embodiment in Kenya of the phenomenon of impunity.
* Wako currently uses a diplomatic Kenyan passport, number D009450. He is married to Flora Ngaira and has two children, Julius and Debora. The son, Julius Wako, (DPOB: June 26, 1974, Nairobi, Kenya) was issued one visa, a B1/B2, that expired on August 19, 2008. He has a regular Kenyan passport, A1086975.
*His reward for ensuring that those responsible for grand scale corruption and multiple election violence are not prosecuted "is monetary as well as his unprecedented tenure in office ) a sinecure if there ever was one. It should be noted that in 2009 the Attorney General,s salary was increased from an already healthy $6,900 per month to an obscene $22,000 per month -- an even greater reward for an individual who has spared many of those responsible for Kenya,s high level of corruption."
*"Mr. Wako,s obstruction means that many of those suspected of stealing massively from the country,s treasury have remained not only unpunished but on the job as Ministers of Government to this day. His protection has ensured that they continue to be in position to steal funds to support election campaigns, and incite/support violence. At the same time, it is clear to all Kenyans that participating in public corruption, especially if you are among the political elite, does in fact pay."
*In his 18 years in office, Attorney General Wako has institutionalized the culture of impunity that is rife in Kenya. Under his leadership, the Attorney General,s office routinely ensures that cases of corruption are not filed, are withdrawn or are made so complex that they are simply dropped.
*He is a pillar standing against vital US interests in the region. Under him, Goldenberg alone cost Kenya an estimated $500 million; Anglo-leasing as well cost (and may still be costing due to ongoing payments) hundreds of millions of $$; Election violence .....
*In summary, Attorney General was negligent, showed a reluctance to proceed, extreme lethargy, created needless delays, engaged in an abdication of responsibilities, and was paid for his trouble. Funds lost to the GOK are often diverted not only for the personal gain of senior officials but also to influence the results of Kenyan elections.
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Post by politicalmaniac on Dec 18, 2010 8:51:22 GMT 3
he he he
wiki -leaks ni nani!
What did those cables say that we dont already know about this man wako? But those two kids mentioned are they really his?
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Post by okhunyanye on Dec 18, 2010 8:54:18 GMT 3
*According to the Ndung'u report, Henry Kosgey along with fellow minister Sally Kosgei are improper recipients forest land. Henry received more than 300 hectares of the South Nandi forest in 1999.
* Mars Group Kenya, asserts that the illegal carving out of a total of 1,170 hectares of forest land was supposed to be part of a land swap in which Kosgey and two other politicians would exchange the forest land for farmland held by local farmers and the minority Ngerek community. When the exchange took place, many of the intended beneficiaries were excluded and rendered landless.
*In 1995, as one of the board of directors of Kakuzi Tea Company, Kosgey colluded with other corrupt directors in stripping Kakuzi of some of its prime assets by illegally transferring 97 hectares of Siret Farm (a tea plantation) to the Tinderet Development Trust Company, a shell company co-owned by Kosgey and his son Allan.
*Waki Commission named him as a planner/instigator/financer of the eviction of Luos and Luhyas from Nandi Hills/Tinderet constituency. (I THOUGHT THAT BOTH LUOS AND LUHYAS WERE IN ODM THEN?)
*Assistant Minister Nderiti Mureithi publicly accused [/u] Kosgey of improperly firing three heads of parastatals without following proper procedures and without consulting the boards of directors of those companies.
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