The ever-smiling attorney General Amos Wako shot himself on the foot yet again yesterday. After publishing in the Kenya gazette that vice president Moody Awori and cabinet minister Kiraitu Murungi have been cleared from the multi million Anglo Leasing scandal which is haunting the Kibaki administration even as we approach the general elections, the AG added a surprising twist to the clean bill of health he had given.
After an outcry from the civil society and opposition politicians, Wako swiftly 'clarified' that the duo had not been cleared off all the allegations and on the contrary, they had only been absolved from one of the dubious deals in the Anglo Leasing monster which will definitely cost Kibaki his re-election late this year. The AG added that the pair were still "under investigations."
According to the former permanent secretary for governance and ethics, John Githongo, the scandal involved 18 procurement contracts where the government committed Sh 50 billion to non existent companies for the supplies of goods which were never delivered yet a large chunk of money was paid out.
After fleeing the country, Githongo spilled the beans in the United Kingdom where he named the top politicians involved in the scam with his list also including former ministers David Mwiraria and Chris Murungaru. The latter was hauled to court while Mwiraria is still in the cold though there is pressure from his Meru community to reinstate him.
Wako seems to have made his latest strange statement at the behest of powerful state house operatives including the president's spin doctors who have an election in their hands this year and there are already strong signs Kibaki could lose the polls.
The Anglo Leasing scandal has never been solved to date and the best the government could do was to haul to court some civil servants who's crime was taking orders from their superiors who are now walking scot-free in the streets of Nairobi or the corridors of State House, like nothing happened.
These unending Anglo Leasing investigations have become rather tiresome and irritating to Kenyans. Many are sure that even video footage clearly showing the culprits' hands in the cookie jar will still not be enough evidence to prosecute.
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And maybe we are all silly. Wako and Ringera have clearly said that since Githongo is and was not an 'investigator', then his evidence(and that's exactly what it is-evidence) cannot be taken seriously. OK. Then pull down all the police hotlines that Kenyans are supposed to use to give 'evidence' of crimes committed across the country. Pull down all those 'evidence boxes' that hang all over Nairobi. Why put in any information or 'evidence' there while we are not 'investigators'? Moreover, the tapes are said to be 'undecipherable'. I wonder what they are now saying about the new tapings that Githongo unleashed last night with Mwiraria's voice, clear as day. Hey, why dont we all just shut up, since Githongo is no 'investigator' and gear up for the elections, where those siphoned funds will make a comeback and find their way into our pockets. In the meantime, maybe we all ought to get some school somewhere and do certified courses on 'Crime Investigating 101'. Then, only then, will we become 'decipherable', 'believable' and 'serious'.
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