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A STATEMENT BY THE CIVIL SOCIETY TASK FORCE ON ACCOUNTABILITY FOR GRAND CORRUPTION
GRAND CORRUPTION: KIBAKI MUST ACCOUNT
Mwai Kibaki has once again demonstrated his complete lack of commitment to fight corruption and, even more, that he is a beneficiary of it. The Anglo Leasing and the corruption scandals of Moi, and Kenyatta before him, will remain unresolved so long as Mwai Kibaki is the President. His continued dalliance with Daniel arap Moi is proof enough of his going back on his word to Kenyans that 'Corruption will cease to be a way of life in Kenya'. So too is the reappointment of the disgraced Daudi Mwiraria.
Kenyans must remember that the Anglo Leasing scandal is as yet unresolved and has cost them Ksh.56 billion that we know of from the Controller and Auditor General's report. The scandal of Irrevocable Promissory Notes (IPNs) also remains with us. Undisclosed amounts in the IPN's are floating out there exposing Kenyans to pay for what they never received. In spite of the reports by Kroll and associates of 2004, which found Ksh. 79 billion stashed abroad, nothing has been returned to Kenya while the government claims its impotence to recover stolen assets...
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As a Kenyan patriot, I am very proud of the Civil Society for their continued highlighting of such grave crimes being committed by our so called development conscious government. I am glad that they are keeping close tabs on those deals that were purportedly sealed over 3 decades ago! I congratulate them whole heartedly.
ReplyDeleteI have to tell you Chris, this is one of the most important posts to have yet been published in this blog, and I surely hope that those guys who have been hyping here about KIBAKI ABAKI (sic) have taken note of this. And this is just on the economic front.
It is about time this government were made to realise that those positions they hold are merely courtesy of our votes in 2002. We still have those votes and we shall use them again in 2007!
Yes,'we' still have those votes! And 'we' don't want anyone in the Kibaki or Moi government in the....whose government? The 2007 government. Ah, I can't think of anyone.Can you Phil? You feel me?
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