A Digital Essay by Onyango Oloo in Nairobi
2013 is supposed to be Kenya's big year.
In March, the country is slated to conduct a historic election exercise, the first to be held under the auspices of the Kenyan Constitution passed and promulgated in August 2010 after a very fractious referendum campaign.
The document has been hailed in many quarters-inside and outside Kenya- as one of the most far reaching national governance documents produced in Africa by Africans, rivaling the South African one and comparing favourably with some of the well regarded constitutions around the world.
Slightly over 14 million registered voters are expected to elect their fourth president, a 290 member National Assembly; 47 Governors, 47 Senators and a slew of women representatives and county representatives to form the back bone of the two tiered national and county government structure.
The largest blobs of ink have been split in the media feeding frenzy speculating whether it will be the flag bearer of the
Jubilee Coalition-
Uhuru Kenyatta and his running mate
William Ruto-or the
CORD alliance fronted by
Raila Odinga and his putative deputy
Kalonzo Musyoka who will wrest the privilege of snoring in the State House.
Over the last three weeks however, Kenyans have been transfixed by the shenanigans seeping out of the quixotic, shambolic, some would say idiotic travesty, of the so-called party primaries to pick the nominees for parliament and various county assembly slots. This is not the place to rehash this embarrassing litany of pre-election grand larceny, fraud and violent-prone weeding out process which has seen genuine winners wake up in shock to discover that unscrupulous big party wigs replaced their names at the very last minute with those of opponents they had convincingly vanquished during the nomination process.
The biggest culprits have been the two main formations- the
ODM dominated
Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) and the
TNA spear headed
constellation of like minded parties including their principal partner
URP all coming together under the aegis of the
Jubilee Alliance.
In
Siaya County in the always restive western Kenya region for instance, a forty something rank outsider- the technocrat and businessman
William Oduol-defied threats from well-connected individuals perching at the top of the ODM hierarchy to convincingly trounce
Dr.Oburu Oginga, the elder brother of the popular and influential
Prime Minister Raila Odinga. When it was clear, in the face of a heated and angry public outcry that it would be near impossible to impose Oburu on Siaya County voters as a Governor in waiting, the ODM electoral board opted for a most unsolomonic verdict-bar the loser Oburu as WELL AS THE WINNER William Oduol. Shell shocked supporters of the latter were too traumatized to contemplate that ODM-which had propelled Kenya into a near total civil unrest scenario in 2007 when
Mwai Kibaki and his
fascist, tribal PNU storm troopers unleashed their notorious civilian coup; t
hese angry Siaya voters could hardly believe that ODM, their party of choice which they proudly defended come hailstorm or tsunami, had the nerve, the gall , the cheek and the temerity to degenerate to this abysmal level of crude electoral tinkering and tampering. There was similar outrage about the ODM electoral board decision to hand direct nominations to politicians like
Jakoyo Midiwo, Anyang' Nyong'o, Edward Yinda, Otieno Kajwang', James Rege, Ayiech Olweny and other party super heavyweights who had been walloped at the ballot box by little known light fly weights.
In Kilifi County,
Nicholas Mrima Wanyepe, a tenacious, courageous veteran social justice activist who has made his name in land rights campaigns and other matters revolving around historic injustice affecting the indigenous people at the Kenyan coast triumphed over a crowded field including the outgoing MP to clinch the ODM nomination for the Kilifi South parliamentary seat. His name was included in the list of ODM winners published in the newspapers on at least three separate occasions. But in a dastardly middle of the night criminal inversion, ODM handed the certificate to the third place loser! Mr.Wanyepe got a last minute reprieve when he secured a 13th hour certificate from junior CORD affiliate TIP led by maverick former legislator (who also made his mark as a land rights campaigner in Kibwezi)
Kalembe Ndile.
The primary chaos in
ODM was replicated in the
TNA vehicle of presidential candidate
Uhuru Kenyatta and to a lesser extent,
William Ruto's URP.
It is still unclear as I keyboard these lines on February 1, 2013,what will be the impact of these acts of blatant thievery from within these parties come the dreaded March 4th date with Kenyan electoral destiny.
Will
ODM, TNA and
URP experience a major back lash as their base supporters work day and night to shame these parties by ensuring the primary winners like
William Oduol and
George Omondi Maluan(who won the ODM
Alego Usonga parliamentary primary by a staggering 19,189 votes only to see the third place loser and Oburu confidant
Edward Yinda handed the certificate) in Siaya County or
Nicholas Mrima Wanyepe in
Kilifi South romp to parliament defying the sordid board room elite pacting within ODM? Who will prevail between
Ali Hassan Joho and
Suleiman Shabhal? Will
Uhuru and
Ruto be similarly punished? Ironically it would appear, at least on the face of it, that Kalonzo Musyoka's
Wiper Democratic Movement, in comparison to the other big parties, conducted their primary nominations in a relatively, open, free and fair peaceful manner.
Currently there is a push among all these big political rivals and simultaneous elite cousins to massage, stage manage and soothe the bitter wails of disappointment from their own rank and file about the scandalous and outrageous manner in which they chose their nominees. In ODM for example, one way of manufacturing consent is through the perfidious
Orange House propaganda campaign positing that those who really won were allegedly TNA plants or devious agents bank rolled by the
National Security Intelligence Service, recently renamed
NIS- a statutory body which ultimately reports to the two principals of the
2008-2013 Grand Coalition Government. One of those principals is ODM head honcho
Raila Odinga. This tepid conspiracy theory, this thread bare urban legend is so comical in that it evokes some of the most outlandish charges placed by the Moi-KANU dictatorship of yore which routinely branded its opponents as "traitors" and "dissidents" in the "pay of foreign masters". No serious observers and analysts of Kenyan contemporary political discourse can digest this freshly manufactured sample of odious pseudo ideological manure, acting as a desperate fig leaf to camouflage the nakedness of the greedy cabal striving to act as the exclusive gate keepers of the emerging political dispensation in Kenya.
What is likely to happen, given the high stakes in these elections, especially the Presidential contest, is that the base of CORD and Jubilee will turn out in huge numbers voting as a bloc to ensure that their favourites come out as the ultimate victors. Even the most errant iconoclasts in
ODM for example, like
William Oduol are loudly proclaiming their fealty and abject loyalty to
Raila Odinga. At the height of the primaries fiasco when independent and friendly political parties approached some of these candidates who were eventually rigged out, offering a soft landing in the form of a direct nomination on a non-ODM party ticket, the stance of most of these candidates was to reject out of hand these solidarity parachutes to the ballot box, angrily dismissing the notion of running on a political outfit which was "not CORDED". So CORD supporters will rally behind Raila while Jubilee adherents will line up in droves to vote for Uhuru.
It will be a very different story in the gubernatorial, senatorial, parliamentary and county level contests come March 4th.
Imposed candidates will be REJECTED with a vengeance by an infuriated electorate, especially in Nyanza. Let me predict that in Gem constituency where my ancestral home is, the voters are likely to punish
Jakoyo Midiwo by electing
Engineer Booker Ngesa Omole, the youthful National Organizing Secretary for the small, but ideologically clear
Social Democratic Party. In Alego Usonga,
Wiper Democratic Movement will elect their first ever MP in Nyanza if
George Omondi Maluan's name appears on the ballot paper.
And it is a no-brainer that William Oduol, running on a National Agenda ticket will win by a landslide to become the first Governor of Siaya County. Bishop Margaret Wanjiru is likely to lose to Jubilee's
Mike Sonko in the Nairobi senatorial contest
partly because of a quiet INTERNAL boycott by a section of ODM supporters due to the way in which the ODM leadership brazenly and cynically snatched the nomination certificate from
Elizabeth Ongoro on crude TRIBAL grounds.
As I write this essay, it is in the public domain that
Raila Odinga is planning a trip commencing on Monday, February 4, 2013 to Siaya and other parts of
Nyanza to try to mollify his peeved supporters. Will his fabled magic wand work wonders this time around as it did during the
Ndhiwa by-elections of late 2012 where his last minute emotive direct appeal won over a skeptical electorate who knew that
Neto Agostinho had been rigged in?
Who knows?
Let me step away from the glare of the crystal ball for a moment to examine another important facet of the shambolic primaries fiasco.
The question I want to answer is the following:
Why did all these parties-ODM, TNA, URP, FORD-Kenya, UDF and others so shameless rig their own primary nominations, recklessly eliminating their strongest candidates?
Kenyan voters are as perplexed the way hard core soccer aficionados would react to the news that
Cote d'Ivoire decided to bench their star attraction
Didier Drogba on the eve of the finals of the
Africa Cup of Nations or Barcelona's head coach instructed
Lionel Messi to stay at home on the morning of the
UEFA Cup ultimate face off. Fans of
Manchester United can insert the name of
Robin Van Persie and those of Arsenal that of
Theo Walcott if they so wish. Yes,
frenetic and frantic NBA cult followers in the United States can go as far as dragging the names of
Le Bron James, Kobe Bryant and
Dwayne Howard if they are feeling left out.
This seeming conundrum, which on its face, appears to jostle with
Rubik's Cube as one of the toughest puzzles to crack has a straight forward answer once you switch your mental television from the political channel to the economics one.
Krisantha Sri Bhaggiyadata, a Colombo born
Sri-Lankan-Canadian comrade and ideological mentor of mine told me in Toronto about twenty years ago that if one wanted to understand current affairs and political dynamics one had to first skip the front page headlines and go to the inside pages of the business section of the newspapers.
What was the reason behind the massive rigging at the just concluded primaries by the major Kenyan political parties?
First read the following excerpts from various media outlines available in the PUBLIC DOMAIN before I advance my argument further:
Excerpt Number One:
Industry leaders
cautiously upbeat with all eyes on Kenya
Foreign direct
investments (FDI) in the region is expected to grow in 2013 as investors eye
opportunities in infrastructure development, oil and gas exploration and the
consumer sector.
Key economic drivers
for 2013
ENERGY: Investments in power generation
will peak in 2013 as EAC members pursue different power generation projects
ranging from geothermal in Kenya, to gas in Tanzania and hydro-generation in
Uganda.
CONSUMERISM : Income levels in the region
are rising and this means there are opportunities in the consumer sector,
especially with an expanded middle class.
EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY: Sustained investment
promotion and discovery of oil in Kenya and Uganda, expansive gas deposits in
Tanzania and commercially viable gold deposits in Kenya.
INTEGRATION: FDI inflows will be boosted by
the maturing EAC integration further lowering the barriers to intra-regional
trade, enabling businesses to access a larger pool of consumers.
Business leaders in
East Africa are placing their bets on an improved economic environment in the
region in the coming year, cautiously optimistic that lower inflation and
stable currencies could help reverse the troubles of a not so good 2012.
But for Kenya,
uncertainty around the March 4 General Election could slow growth in the first
quarter, with fears that a disputed election result could spark violence that
could impact neighbouring countries as it did in 2007-2008, disrupting regional
supplies.
According to business
executives and economic analysts who spoke to The EastAfrican, foreign direct
investments (FDI) in the region is expected to grow in 2013 as investors eye
opportunities in infrastructure development, oil and gas exploration and the
consumer sector.
Most recent reports
by FDI Intelligence, a division of the Financial Times and United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development indicated that FDI inflows in EAC will
continue to increase. The reports indicated that countries like Kenya are now
attracting more FDI thanks to sustained investment promotion and discovery of
oil and commercially variable gold deposits.
Excerpt Number Two:
TransCentury to reap
profit from Tullow Oil plans
The UK firm is one of the major
clients of Civicon, a firm in which TransCentury is majority shareholder.
TransCentury is the majority shareholder of
Civicon, an engineering and logistics company that counts Tullow Oil among its
major clients.
Listed investment
company TransCentury’s share price has got a boost from UK exploration firm
Tullow Oil’s announcement of a planned increase in prospecting activity this
year.
TransCentury is the
majority shareholder of Civicon, an engineering and logistics company that
counts Tullow Oil among its major clients.
Tullow Oil’s
exploration plans in the region are expected to directly benefit TransCentury
through growth in Civicon’s profitability.
“TransCentury rose on
foreign investor buying on a day that Tullow and Africa Oil provided an
operational update on their Turkana County operations,” noted Standard
Investment Bank in a research note released on Friday.
“TransCentury owns a
62 per cent stake in Civicon, whose key clients include Tullow and Lake Turkana
Wind Power Project.
The Lake Turkana
project involves construction of up to 300 turbines to create what is billed as
the biggest wind power project in Africa, with a capacity to produce up to 300
megawatts of electricity.
Monday the stock
closed at Sh24 each, 1.1 per cent higher than Thursday’s closing price before
the Tullow statement which was released on Friday.
“Following the
discovery of a major new oil basin in Kenya with the first two exploration
wells, up to 11 further exploration and appraisal wells are planned in Kenya
and Ethiopia in 2013 as detailed in the exploration drilling schedule,” said
Tullow Oil in the Friday statement.
Standard Investment
Bank said that increased drilling is expected to grow Civicon’s revenue.
Tullow Oil has begun
drilling the wells, eight in Kenya and three in neighbouring Ethiopia.
Analysts said that it
costs between $50 million (Sh4.3 billion) and $100 million (Sh8.6 billion) to
drill a well. Most of the money goes to costs of actual drilling, but
opportunities abound in haulage and constructing access roads.
“The sites may not be
well serviced by a road and when doing exploration you still need to transport
equipment,” said Eric Musau, a research analyst at Standard Investment Bank.
Excerpt Number Three:
TransCentury top
owners cut stake after 2011 IPO
Joseph
Magari sold 1,041,225 shares, Eddy Njoroge sold 3 million shares, Zeph Mbugua
sold 325,582 shares and Anne Gichuhi sold 1 million shares.
The founders of
TransCentury have sold more than five million shares worth nearly Sh130
million, marking the first stock sale since the investment firm listed at the
Nairobi Securities Exchange in July 2011.
Filings with the
Capital Markets Authority (CMA) show that Eddy Njoroge, KenGen’s outgoing
managing director, sold three million shares in a move that cut his stake in
the firm to 4.54 per cent at the end of November, from 5.63 per cent in
December 2011.
Anne Gachui — the
widow of businessman James Gachui — sold one million shares, cutting the
family’s stake to 7.79 per cent in November, from 8.16 per cent in December
2011.
The family, however,
remains the largest investor in TransCentury with shares worth Sh501.7 million.
Former Treasury
permanent secretary Joseph Magari sold 1,041,225 shares while the chairman of
East African Cables, businessman Zeph Mbugua, sold 325,582 shares. But the two
maintained their position among TransCentury’s top 10 shareholders.
The transactions
occurred in a period when the investments firm’s share price averaged about
Sh24.1 a piece, meaning that Mr Njoroge pocketed an estimated Sh72.3 million,
Mr Magari earned Sh25 million, Mrs Gachui Sh24.1 million and Mr Mbugua earned
Sh7.65 million.
The regulator barred
key shareholders of the investment firm from selling more than half their
stakes within two years to August 2013 as part of conditions attached to the
listing of the firm in July 2011.
Its other key
shareholders include Michael Waweru, the former commissioner General of Kenya
Revenue Authority, Jimnah Mbaru (chairman of Dyer and Blair) and businessman
Peter Kanyago, all known to be close associates of President Kibaki.
“As a sign of
commitment to the growth of the company and confidence in the long-term
fundamentals, key shareholders have agreed not to offload 50 per cent of their
shareholding for a period of 24 months after the listing,” TransCentury said in
its listing information memorandum.
The share sale of the
top shareholders has cut the stake controlled by the top 10 investors to 55.3
per cent in November from 57.3 per cent in December.
TransCentury’s share
price has more than halved since its debut at the NSE to Sh23.50 compared to
the listing offer price of Sh50.
The stock has shed
13.7 per cent in the past one year, making it the worst performing counter
among its peers in the investment segment at the NSE.
Olympia Capital’s
share price gained 6.25 per cent last year to Sh3.40 while Centum Investment
lost 8.52 per cent to Sh12.4 in the year that saw the benchmark market index
gain 28.95 per cent.
City Trust was the
best performer on the counter after gaining 39.2 per cent to Sh390, helped by
news of its planned merged with I&M Bank.
TransCentury’s half-
year net profit rose five-fold to Sh326 million in June compared to Sh54
million the year before, as sales jumped 56 per cent to Sh7 billion from Sh4.5
billion.
READ: TransCentury
half-year net profit jumps six-fold
The company was
founded in 1997 by a group of Kenyan entrepreneurs, including its former
chairman James Gachui who passed on in December 2010.
Initially fashioned
as an investment club, the company had raised Sh29 million in seed capital by
2001, which was used to make passive investments at the NSE and buy a minority
stake in Castle Brewing Limited, which it exited in 2002 when the brewer’s parent
firm SAB Miller pulled out of the local market.
Excerpt Number Four:
O
perations of Africa Oil Corporation (Canada) in Kenya
Corporate Profile
Africa Oil Corp.
Africa Oil Corp. is a
Canadian oil and gas company with assets in Kenya, Ethiopia and Mali as well as
Puntland (Somalia) through its 45% equity interest in Horn Petroleum
Corporation.
The Company's shares
are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "AOI" and on
the NASDAQ OMX First North Exchange under the symbol "AOI".
Africa Oil Corp.
Suite 2000 - 885 West
Georgia Street
Vancouver, British
Columbia
Canada V6C 3E8
Telephone: (604)
689-7842
Fax: (604) 689-4250
africaoilcorp@namdo.com
Corporate History
Africa
Oil Corp. was incorporated under the Company Act (British Columbia) on March
29, 1983 under the name "Canmex Minerals Corporation" with an
authorized capital of 100,000,000 common shares. On July 2, 1999 the issued and
outstanding shares of the Company were consolidated on a one-for-five basis
The Company and
Tullow, its operating partner in each of the Kenyan blocks other than Block 9,
are actively exploring for oil as described below.
Block 10BB
The Company and its
operating partner on Block 10BB, Tullow, spudded the partnership's first well,
Ngamia-1, in January 2012. The well encountered in excess of 100 meters of net
oil pay in multiple reservoir zones over a gross interval of 650 meters of the
Upper Lokhone Sandstone interval (855 meters to 1,500 meters). The reservoirs
are composed of good quality Tertiary age sandstones. Moveable oil with an API
greater than 30 degrees has been recovered to surface from four representative
intervals. This oil has similar properties to the light waxy crude which has
been discovered in Uganda by Tullow. After testing and evaluation of the Upper
Lokhone pay zones, the well was drilled through the Lower Lokhone Sandstone
interval and encountered an additional 43 meters of potential oil pay based on logs
and the recovery of light oil on an MDT sample over a gross interval of 150
meters. The well was drilled to a total depth of 2,340 meters after penetrating
the Lower Lokhone objective sequence. The well is now suspended for future flow
testing. Testing equipment, including downhole pumps, is being mobilized and
the intention is to flow test a number of prospective zones in the Upper and
Lower Lokhone Sandstones to confirm the full potential of this discovery.
Testing of Ngamia-1 will follow completion of operations on the Twiga South-1
well.
The positive results
of the Ngamia-1 well have led the Company and its operating partner to
accelerate the pace of exploration activities along the Ngamia-1 trend in Block
10BB and adjacent Block 13T. In 2012, the Company and its partner elected to
accelerate an additional 1,783 kilometers of 2D seismic in Block 10BB which is
approximately 50% complete. In 2013, the Company also plans to acquire 300
square kilometers of 3D seismic over the Ngamia structure and an additional 430
kilometers of 2D seismic to further delineate additional prospects and leads. A
follow-up well on the Ngamia structure is also being planned for 2013 along
with one or two additional wells within the block.
The drilling of the
Ngamia-1 well satisfied the remaining work obligations of the initial
exploration period under the Block 10BB PSC. The partnership elected to proceed
into the next phase of exploration and have received formal government
approval. The next exploration period which expires in July 2014 includes a
commitment to drill one exploratory well and acquire 300 square kilometers of
3D seismic.
Block 13T
Following the
Ngamia-1 discovery, the Company and its operating partner on Block 13T, Tullow,
focused additional efforts to better delineate the prospects along the Ngamia-1
trend northward into Block 13T. Based upon the recently acquired 500 kilometers
of 2D seismic data, at least six additional prospects similar to the Ngamia-1
discovery have been mapped in Block 13T, including the Company and its
partner's next exploration well, Twiga South-1, which spud in August 2012. The
Twiga South-1 well is planned to a total depth of 3,155 meters and targets the
same structural trend and reservoirs as the recent Ngamia-1 oil discovery 23
kilometers to the south. Twiga South-1 has successfully encountered oil,
drilling is ongoing and an announcement on the well results is expected
late-November after target depth has been achieved and necessary sampling and analysis
has been completed. Upon completion of Twiga South-1 operations, the rig will
be utilized to conduct testing operations at Ngamia-1.
An additional 500
kilometers of 2D seismic, which has largely been acquired, in conjunction with
the additional seismic acquisition in Block 10BB is aimed at maturing further
leads into drillable prospects. In 2013, the Company plans to acquire 300
square kilometers of 3D seismic over the Twiga South-1 structure and an
additional 90 kilometers of infill 2D seismic program.
With the completion
of the original 500 kilometers of 2D seismic, the Company fully satisfied its
work obligations for the initial exploration period under the Block 13T PSC.
The partnership elected to proceed into the next phase of exploration and have
received formal government approval. The next exploration period which expires
in September 2014 includes a commitment to drill one exploratory well, which
will be satisfied with the drilling of the Twiga South-1 well, and a commitment
to acquire 200 square kilometers of 3D seismic.
Block 10A
The Company and its
operating partners on Block 10A agreed on Paipai-1 as the location of the first
exploratory well in Block 10A. The Paipai-1 well is planned to a total depth of
4,500 meters, and will test a large four-way closed structure with
Cretaceous-age sandstone targets at multiple depths. Paipai-1 spudded in
September 2012 and is scheduled to be completed early-2013. Paipai-1 will fully
satisfy the required work obligations for the initial exploration period which
was recently extended to April 2013. Following completion of Paipai-1, the rig
will mobilize to Block 10BB (Kenya) to drill follow-up prospects in the
Lokichar Sub-Basin in the area of the Ngamia-1 and Twiga South-1 oil
discoveries.
Block 10BA
The Company and its
operating partner on Block 10BA, Tullow, have completed approximately 40% of
the planned 1,350 kilometer 2D seismic program in Block 10BA. The onshore
portion of the survey has largely been completed and the offshore and near
shore portions of the 2D program is planned to commence before year end. The 2D
seismic program which is expected to be complete in the first quarter of 2013
will fulfill the work obligations of the initial exploration period under the
Block 10BA PSC which expires in April 2013.
Block 12A
During the third
quarter, the Company completed the farmout of 15% interest in Block 12A to
Marathon Oil Corporation ("Marathon"), retaining a 20% interest in
the block. Based upon the acquired FTG gravity survey, the Company and its
operating partner on Block 12A, Tullow, have determined that the 500 kilometer
2D seismic acquisition obligation will be focused in the Kerio Valley in the
southwestern portion of the block. The Block 12A program is scheduled to follow
the completion of work in Blocks 10BB and 13T whose programs were expanded
after the Ngamia-1 discovery. As a result, the Company and its partner obtained
an extension of the initial exploration term to September 2013. The 500
kilometer 2D seismic program will satisfy the work obligations for the initial
period under the Block 12A PSC and is expected to commence in first quarter of
2013.
Block 9
During the third
quarter, the Company completed the farmout of 50% interest in Block 9 to
Marathon. The Company retained a 50% interest in Block 9 and operatorship
during the exploration phase. During 2011, a 750 kilometer 2D seismic program
was completed. The new data was acquired over the Kaisut sub-basin in the
northwestern portion of Block 9. Based upon the new data set, several large
prospects have been mapped and resources have been estimated. The Company is
currently planning to drill an exploratory well in mid-2013 that will satisfy
the remaining exploration commitment for the second exploration period which
expires in December 2013. The potential to drill a second well in 2013 is being
evaluated.
Excerpt Number Five:
Check out Chapters 11 and 12 and the Fourth Schedule in Kenya Constitution (2010) available at the following link:
hhttp://www.google.co.ke/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CDAQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.parliament.go.ke%2Findex.php%3Foption%3Dcom_docman%26task%3Ddoc_download%26gid%3D460%26Itemid&ei=i_0LUdLzEdKKhQfumoCYBA&usg=AFQjCNF95LT6uUoMtD2aghW0IW6WGK6PPg&bvm=bv.41867550,d.ZG4
Answer to the question: Why Did The Political Parties Rig Their Primaries in January 2013?
Because they want to implement DEVOLUTION in the coming dispensation. Not devolution of governance or popular participation of course.
Heavens forbid!
Banish that thought!
The "devolution" they want to implement is the DEVOLUTION OF CORRUPTION. The regionalization and privatization of LOOTING and PLUNDER of natural, national and public resources using the conduits of POWER at the National and County levels.
While the big honchos carve out resources and finances at the national level, their cronies, acolytes, family members, lovers, mistresses, gigolos and fellow gangsters at the county level add to the swag.
Check out how many DRUG DEALERS, MONEY LAUNDERERS, CON MEN, THIEVES and shady characters are slated to be Governor this, Senator that, MP so and so and County Representative this and that in April 2013. Go to
Nairobi. Visit
Kiambu. Pass through
Makueni, Bomet, Nandi, Kwale, Lamu. Travel to
Kisumu.Fly down to
Mombasa. Examine their connections to the LEADING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.
Are these shady underworld figures reputed to be among the MAJOR FINANCIERS of their respective parties?
Yes or No?
Do you see why
IT MAKES SENSE TO REPLACE GENUINE WINNERS WHO HAVE INTEGRITY WITH LOSER CRIMINALS WHO ARE LIKELY TO GO ALONG WITH THEIR MORE HIGH PROFILE GRAFT STAINED ALLIES AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL?
Before I come to my VERY LAST AND VERY LOOONG EXCERPT, the following link may be of some interest:
http://africanarguments.org/2013/02/01/kenya-mungiki-regroup-pre-election-in-search-of-political-influence-%E2%80%93-by-jacob-rasmussen/
And for those who think this cannot happen in Kenya, I will reproduce VERBATIM a long report shared online on February 1, 2013 by one Kenyan comrade
Zahid Rajan:
Hi there, anyone with links to Kenya should read this
An interesting article for anyone interested.
Cheers,
Julian Assange
You may well be interested in the leaking of the Kroll Report on the Moi family
wealth and where it came from.
The curse.
Kenya lost a generation - 24 years - under the rule of the incompetent dictator
of Kenya, arap Moi, who had torture chambers built in the centre of Nairobi .
He ruined the country and stole public land everywhere he could. He stole all
the money in the Central Bank. He brought Kenya to its knees.
He still has the nerve to open his mouth to advise Kenyans on what is good for
them.
Julian Assange
The looting of Kenya under President Moi
From WikiLeaks
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/File:President_Daniel_arap_Moi.jpg
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President Daniel arap Moi, seen here walking through a guard of honnor
The breathtaking extent of corruption perpetrated by the family of the former
Kenyan leader Daniel Arap Moi is revealed in a secret report which lays bare a
web of shell companies, secret trusts and frontmen used to steal over two
billion dollars worth of state money.
The suppressed U.K auditor's report details how Kenyan state finances were
laundered across the world to buy properties and companies in London , New York
and South Africa and even a 10,000 hectare ranch in Australia .
The countries involved in the corrupt dealings include Australia, Belgium,
Brunei, Canada, Finland, Germany, Grand Cayman, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey,
Liechtenstein, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malawi, Namibia, the Netherlands, Puerto
Rico, Russia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Switzerland, the UAE, Uganda, the
United Kingdom, the United States and Zaire.
The intricately detailed report, commissioned by President Kibaki after his
2002 election victory but later suppressed, forensically investigates corrupt
transactions and holdings by several powerful members of the Kenyan elite.
The sums are comparable in magnitude to the looting of infamous kleptocrats
such as Mobutu ( Zaire ), Marcos ( Philippines ), Abacha ( Nigeria ), Suharto (
Indonesia ) and Fujimori ( Peru ). The leaked material is extremely politically
sensitive. Ex-President Moi has become a key player in political life in Kenya
, and is now an essential pillar in President Kibaki's campaign for re-election
in December 2007.
Leak
KTM report http://wikileaks.org/wiki/KTM_report>
- on-line edition, unproofed
KTM report.pdf (file info page) http://wikileaks.org/wiki/KTM_report.pdf>
- authoritative original, 4Mb of scanned printed pages
Verification status
Verified
Media contacts
See Media Kit http://wikileaks.org/wiki/WikiLeaks:Media_Kit>
Additional media contacts
Transparency International http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Transparency_International>
, Mars Group Kenya http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Mars_Group_Kenya>
and http://www.kroll.com/ http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Special:Jump/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5rcm9sbC5jb20v>
(Kroll won't comment on the record)
Date
August 30, 2007 (last updated September 9, 2007)
By
Wikileaks' staff http://wikileaks.org/wiki/User:Wikileaks>
Introduction
In December 2002, the 24 year rule of Kenya 's President Daniel Arap Moi was
ended by the election victory of Mwai Kibaki. Elected on an anti-corruption
platform, it was hoped that President Kibaki would end grand corruption in
Kenya http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Kenya>
. In January 2003 Kibaki appointed John Githongo http://wikileaks.org/wiki/John_Githongo>
, formerly of Transparency International http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Transparency_International>
, as his personal advisor on Anti Corruption and Good Governance.[1] http://wikileaks.org/wiki/The_looting_of_Kenya_under_President_Moi#_note-0>
One of the first anti-corruption activities of Mr. Githongo on behalf of
President Kibaki was to engage Kroll & Associates (UK), a private
investigation and security firm, to trace and report on what was said by
Transparency International to be over 3 billion US Dollars stashed abroad, by
the former President Moi and his closest associates.[2] http://wikileaks.org/wiki/The_looting_of_Kenya_under_President_Moi#_note-1>
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/File:Kibaki_swearing_in.jpg
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http://wikileaks.org/wiki/File:Kibaki_swearing_in.jpg
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Mwai Kibaki being sworn in as President of Kenya after his election on an
anti-corruption ticket in December 2002; "Corruption will now cease to be
a way of life in Kenya . I am calling upon all of you Kenyans to help the
government fight corruption, as our first priority". The bible's price tag
is visible.[3] http://wikileaks.org/wiki/The_looting_of_Kenya_under_President_Moi#_note-2>
.
Close to half of Kenya 's 35 million citizens live under the UN's poverty level
of 1 US dollar a day. If the restitution programme started in 2003 had been
completed it would have been possible to get justice for the tens of millions
of Kenyans who live in abject poverty - as the political elite live as Dollar
Millionaires on the proceeds of corruption.
The leaked document, dated April 2004, is clearly self explanatory - being one
of the preliminary reports received by the Government of Kenya (described in
the report as the "client"). The persons stated as
"Targets" are President Moi's closest associates and relatives.
Contemporaneous media coverage of the time reveals a determination by the
Kibaki government to trace and seize the foreign assets of Moi's associates.[4]
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/The_looting_of_Kenya_under_President_Moi#_note-3>
However at some point in May 2004, the Kibaki government itself suffered a
credibility blow when several of the President's closest advisors were
implicated in a 777 million US Dollar corruption scandal known as the Anglo
Leasing scandal. The fallout of this scandal resulted in the gradual sidelining
and eventual exile in the UK (in January 2005) of John Githongo http://wikileaks.org/wiki/John_Githongo>
after threats to his life.[5] http://wikileaks.org/wiki/The_looting_of_Kenya_under_President_Moi#_note-4>
The anti-corruption czar had lost the support of the Kenyan President. It was
at this point that the Government dropped its international asset tracing and
recovery efforts. It is believed it was at this point that the Kroll Report on
Moi http://wikileaks.org/wiki/KTM_report>
and his associates was suppressed.
On August 28th 2007, about 100 days before the forthcoming Presidential
election, President Kibaki's re-election campaign received the formal
endorsement of his predecessor, Daniel Moi.[6] http://wikileaks.org/wiki/The_looting_of_Kenya_under_President_Moi#_note-5>
Ex-President Moi's influence over Kibaki's regime is obvious and also evidenced
by his recent appointment as a Personal Peace Envoy of Kibaki to the Sudan http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Sudan>
.[7] http://wikileaks.org/wiki/The_looting_of_Kenya_under_President_Moi#_note-6>
None of the assets traced and identified by Kroll have been impounded and Moi
and his associates are experiencing a resurgence in political clout. Among
these assets are a bank in Belgium http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Belgium>
, hotels and residences in the USA http://wikileaks.org/wiki/United_States>
, UK http://wikileaks.org/wiki/United_Kingdom>
, South Africa http://wikileaks.org/wiki/South_Africa>
, Namibia http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Namibia>
and as far away as Australia http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Australia>
, a 10% shareholding in Kenya http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Kenya>
's most successful telecommunications company (a joint venture with Vodafone
PLC of the UK) and massive real estate and agricultural investments.
The leak which emanated from within high levels of the Kenyan http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Kenya>
Government is motivated by the desire to demonstrate that President Kibaki has
clear-cut evidence of his predecessor's corruption and complicity in
corruption, and has chosen to suppress the evidence and worse still has gone
into a political and economic alliance with the Moi group.
A second motivation is the sheer scale of the theft of public funds by Moi and
his associates. The figures in the report run into (if added up) the billions
of US Dollars - comparable in magnitude to the looting of other infamous
kleptocrats such as Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Zaire>
, Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Philippines>
, Sani Abacha of Nigeria http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Nigeria>
, Suharto of Indonesia http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Indonesia>
and Alberto Fujimori of Peru http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Peru>
.
The leaked material is extremely politically sensitive. Ex-President Moi, a
corrupt, brutal, discredited former dictator, has somehow again become a key
player in political life in Kenya - so much, that he is now an essential pillar
in current President Kibaki's re-election campaign. His massive financial
resources are expected to be used to buy Kibaki popular support particularly in
the populous Rift Valley region, which voted almost to the man against Kibaki
in the last election, and in November 2005 during a constitutional referendum.
The leaker thinks the re-emergence of President Moi is scandalous and must be
stopped.
The leak will certainly interest the Kenyan http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Kenya>
media, for whom this report represents a grail of sorts. Kenya 's large
international press corps will also be an interested audience. With a Presidential
election only a few months away, the report comes to light at a critical time.
About the report
The leaked report is 106 pages long and contains several sections: executive
summary (1-10), source enquiries (11-54), business associates and front men (55-76),
and appendix (77-106).[8] http://wikileaks.org/wiki/The_looting_of_Kenya_under_President_Moi#_note-7>
The executive summary outlines the most suspicious financial transactions,
properties and business links discovered in its investigation. A series of
additional enquiries is proposed. The following sections proceed in intricate
detail, investigating the background, 'modus operandi', business links, financial
transactions, business associates, and property holdings, all around the world,
of several powerful members of Kenyan society linked to Daniel arap Moi.
The report is highly verifiable. Kroll UK, Transparency International, John
Githongo http://wikileaks.org/wiki/John_Githongo>
, and http://www.marskenya.org http://www.marskenya.org/> http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Special:Jump/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5tYXJza2VueWEub3Jn>
, a Kenyan website that documents grand corruption incidents, are suggested for
full or partial corroboration and the document appears consistent with the
public record.
The leaked report's author: Kroll Associates UK Limited
Kroll Associates UK Limited is a limited liability company incorporated in
England (registered number 2020412) whose registered office is at 10 Fleet Place
, London , United Kingdom EC4M 7RB . Its father company Kroll Inc. http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Special:Jump/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5rcm9sbC5jb20v>
, headquartered in New York , US is a private investigation and security
consulting firm founded by Jules B. Kroll in 1972. It provides corporate risk
consulting services including financial advisory and investigations, identity
fraud solutions, background screening, forensic accounting, bodyguard services,
corporate restructuring, and security technology services. The company is now a
subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies who aquired it in July 2004.
The US government and the weapons industry is a major permanent contractor of
Kroll Inc.[9] http://wikileaks.org/wiki/The_looting_of_Kenya_under_President_Moi#_note-8>
.
Kroll Inc. was also responsible for security of the World Trade Center site
until it was destroyed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
In October 2004, the Brazil offices of Kroll Inc. were raided by the police
because of alleged spying activities on the government. The company was
originally reported to have been hired by the Brazilian investment firm
Opportunity to investigate Telecom Italia, with whom it has been battling to
gain control of Brazil Telecom, one of Brazil's largest telephone companies.
Other notable cases http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Special:Jump/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5rcm9sbC5jb20vYWJvdXQvaGlzdG9yeS9ub3RhYmxlLw==>
include the corporate restructuring of Enron after its 2001 accounting scandal,
the law enforcement monitoring of Los Angeles Police Department in a US federal
consent decree mandating major reforms designed to end corruption and abuse.
Kroll UK has also investigated other Kenyan corruption scandals, such as the
so-called Anglo-Leasing Scandal http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Special:Jump/aHR0cDovL2VuLndpa2lwZWRpYS5vcmcvd2lraS9Bbmdsby1MZWFzaW5nX3NjYW5kYWw=>
.[10] http://wikileaks.org/wiki/The_looting_of_Kenya_under_President_Moi#_note-9>
Andrew Marshal
Andrew R. Marshall is chief risk officer for Business Intelligence and
Investigations. He joined Kroll in 2003 and has also been head of the Emerging
Markets practice in Europe, Middle East and Africa .
Mr. Marshall spent 15 years in international journalism. He was foreign editor,
Washington Bureau chief and Brussels Bureau chief for The Independent newspaper
between 1990 and 2000. He also worked on the foreign staff of the Financial
Times and for Oxford Analytica.
He is the author, with Mathew Horsman, of After the Nation-State
(HarperCollins, 1994) and has contributed to other books. He has widespread
broadcasting and radio experience. [11] http://wikileaks.org/wiki/The_looting_of_Kenya_under_President_Moi#_note-10>
His contact details are: +44 207 029 5162, amarshall@kroll.com http://amarshall@kroll.com/>
Secondary media based on the leak and this analysis
Mars Group Kenya, a Kenyan anti-corruption site, maintains a comprehensive page
about the scandal.
*
http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pages/stories/looting_Kenya/index.php
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Joshua Kulei
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Joshua Kulei, Former "personal assistant" to President Daniel arap
Moi, on whom travel restrictions were imposed as a result of a previous
corruption scandal, the Goldenberg affair.[12]
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/The_looting_of_Kenya_under_President_Moi#_note-11>
Joshua Kulei has represented ex-president Daniel Arap Moi in over 50 companies
operating in Kenya across all sectors of the economy. (page 18)
He also used banks in Luxembourg for ex-president Moi's confidential banking
(page 33)
According to the report, Kulei has now relinquished all of his assets held
under his name on behalf of the Moi family with the exception of ex-president
Moi's flower business, The Trans-National Bank and NAS. (page 18)
Ownership of businesses
1. Trade World Kenya - 100% (page 19)
2. CFC Bank 12.5% (page 19)
3. CMC Holdings 15-20% (Client material Indicates Kulei also Nominee Director)
(page 19)
4. Hotel intercontinental Nairobi 19% (page 19)
5. Sian Roses 40% (page 19)
6. Ngata Flower Farm 50% (page 19)
7. Bamburi Cement 14% (Client material Indicates Kulei also Nominee Director)
(page 19)
8. KTN (page 19)
9. National Milling Company (page 19)
10. Kenya Aerotech Ltd‚ Shareholder and also Nominee Director (page 19)
11. Regent Management‚ Not Known (page 19)
12. Siginon Freight‚ 12.5%, Kabarak High School and client material Indicates
Kulei also Nominee Director (page 19)
Sits on the Board of Governors for the following schools and universities
1. Sacho High School (page 21)
2. Moi High School Kabarak (page 21)
3. Sunshine Secondary School (page 21)
4. Moi Educational Centre (page 21)
5. Kabarak University Council (page 21)
Trustee of
1. Sunshine Educational Trust (page 21)
Management Board member in
1. The Moi Africa Institute Kabarnet Gardens , Nairobi (page 21)
Properties
In the UK
1. 19 Eaton Park, Cobham, Surrey KT11 2JF valued at around 4.5 million sterling
pounds (page 22)
2. Flat 11 No. 49, Lowdnes Square , London , valued at 2 million sterling
pounds (page 22)
In Kenya :
1. Courtyard Property Investment Ltd (page 22-23)
2. Regent Management‚ real estate holdings believed to be about 200 houses in
all (page 23)
3. Lavington House (page 23)
4. Karen Residence (page 23)
5. Nakuru Residence (page 23)
6. C. Owns several unidentified properties in the United States of America
(page 23)
7. D. Has property interests in South Africa (page 23)
Bank Balances (page 26)
Business Associates
1. Terrer Kulei (page 26-27)
2. Pankaj Somaia (page 27)
3. Ketan Somaia (page 27)
4. Josiah Kiplagat (page 27-28)
5. Alnoor Kassam (page 28)
6. Mr. Tum (page 28)
Gideon Moi
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Gideon Moi, son of ex-President Daniel arap Moi and a current (2007) member of
the Kenyan parliament.[13]
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/The_looting_of_Kenya_under_President_Moi#_note-12>
Ownership of businesses
Client Material indicates ownership of the following:
1. Giro Bank – Held under Asian nominee businessmen
2. Taurino Enterprises
3. As alleged by Msamaha
4. KTN (Owned Standard Newspapers) - (page 19)
5. Siginon Freight – 12.5% - (page 19)
6. Trans-National Bank - (page 19)
7. Kent ship Maritime (page 30)
8. Sielei Properties Ltd (page 30)
9. Giant Holdings Ltd (page 30)
10. Revak Ltd (page 30)
11. Sudbury Ltd (page 30)
12. Sudbury Investments (page 30)
13. Giant Forex Bureau (page 30)
14. Westfield International Ltd (page 30)
15. Chesco Ltd (page 30)
16. Hampstead Enterprises (page 30)
17. Metipso Services Ltd (page 30).
18. Maternity Shop (page 30)
19. Eagle Airlines (page 30)
20. Chemusian Company (page 30)
21. Fresh Produce Ltd (page 30)
22. Siginon Freight – 12.5% (page 30)
23. Cartrack Kenya Ltd (page 30)
24. First American Bank (page 30)
25. Equatorial Bank (page 30)
26. The Sasine Group of farms (page 30)
27. Cable Wireless (page 30)
28. The Duty Free Company (page 31)
29. Eveready Company (H. Young) (page 31)
30. Tobacco Farm in Malawi – 100% (page 31)
31. Chester House – 50 % (page 31)
32. Safaricom Kenya (together with Biwott, Charles Field Marsham) – 40% (page
31)
Source Enquiries indicate that Gideon owns the following:
1. Property ownership—Owned in Italy and Sultanate of Brunei (page 55)
2. Cut Tobacco Ltd (page 56)
3. Bank Accounts—Sultanate of Brunei (page 56)
4. Sandhurst Matrix Inc (page 56)
5. Saphire—Managed by Mr. Sevak (page 56)
6. Garlan Investments—Director — Dr. Clemente (page 56)
Preliminary results of global searches conducted under Garian investments and
Sandhurst Matrix Inc have not revealed any findings. Further searches are
required. (page 56)
Properties
In the UK
1. Allegedly has two properties in London held under a trust set up by Mukesh
Gohil (page 31)
2. In South Africa : Owns a number of properties in South Africa . His frontman
is Harbinder Singh Sethi, has 74 properties listed under closed corporations
all of which are registered in his name. (page 32)
Finance
1. United Kingdom: By the year 2002, Gideon’s cash in various banks overseas
amounted to 550 million sterling pounds (page 32)
2. Grand Cayman (page 32)
3. Luxembourg (page 32-33)
4. Dubai: Allen & Overy holds all of Gideon’s accounts (page 33)
5. South Africa: Has accounts in South Africa and possibly Malawi . Gideon’s
frontman is Harbinder Singh Sethi (page 33)
Kenya
1. Eurobank: Currently under liquidation (page 34)
2. Giro Bank: Allegedly owns Giro Bank under a front of Asian nominees (page
34)
3. Trust Bank: Under Liquidation (page 35)
4. Citibank – prime exit point for Gideon’s cash to his off-shore accounts
(page 35)
5. ABN AMRO - to move illegally obtained cash emanating from corrupt deals to
safe havens in off-shore accounts (page 35)
6. First American Bank: Client material suggests Naushad Merali and
ex-president Moi control First American Bank (page 35)
7. SAMUT Trust: All of Gideon’s monies invested in Kenya are held by a trust
called SAMUT (page 35-36)
Business Associates
1. Mukesh Gohil (page 37)
2. Harbinder Singh Sethi (page 37)
3. Joshua Orwa Ojode (page 37)
4. Jared Kamgwana (page 37)
5. Dr. Kiplagat (page 37-38)
6. Donald Kipkorir (page 38)
Nicholas Biwott
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Nichalos Biwott, a wealthy Kenyan businessman and politician, previously linked
to a number of crimes and corruption scandals though never convicted.[14]
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Ownership of Businesses
1. Kobil Petrol – 100% (page 39)
2. Barsirim Investment – 100% (page 39)
3. Kiosinende Farm – 100% (page 39)
4. Rono Ltd. – 100% (page 40)
5. HZ Consrtruction and Engineering – 100% (page 40)
6. HZ Group of Companies – 100% (page 40)
7. LZ Engineering – 100% (page 40)
8. Yaya centre (worth Kshs. 3.5 billion) – 100% (page 40)
9. Premier Group of Companies – 100% (page 40)
10. Air Kenya Aviation – 100% (page 40)
11. Pete Aviation and Electronics Ltd – 100% (page 40)
12. Ziba Management and Services – 100% (page 40)
13. HZ Group of Companies, Israel – 100% (page 40)
14. Lima Kenya – 50% (page 40)
15. Air Kenya – 50% (page 40)
16. National Milling Corporation – shareholder (page 40)
17. Safaricom Kenya (together with Gideon Moi, Charles Field Marsham) – 40%
(page 40)
18. Team Simoco (He is majority shareholder) (page 102)
Open research indicates ownership of:
1. Kenol-Kobil – Biwott controlled 17% of the private oil industry in Kenya
(page 40)
2. Petrol Stations in Uganda operated through Kenol-Kobil and worth Kshs. 7
billion (page 40)
3. Wesmont – Independent power producer company owned by Biwott and Harbinder
Sethi Singh (page 40)
4. Grand Diani Reef Hotel (page 40-41)
5. Regional Air (page 41)
6. H. Young and Company (page 41)
7. S. R Telecommunications Co. Ltd (page 41)
8. First American Bank (page 41)
9. Pan African Bank (no longer in operation) (page 41)
10. Middle East Bank (page 41)
11. Trans-National Bank (page 41)
12. Government of Kenya (page 41)
Open research indicates law firms representing his interests are:
1. Shapely & Berret Advocates (page 41)
2. Esmail & Esmail (page 41)
3. Kapila & Kapila (page 41)
4. De Gama Rose Advocates (page 41)
5. Law firm established by daughter Rita Biwott (page 41)
Properties
1. Kenya: bought a house in Riverside Drive from the Irish embassy that was
paid for offshore on an undisclosed date (page 42)
Finance
Kenya
1. Middle East Bank: Biwott purchased Middle East Bank using Akber Esmail as a
nominee (pg42)
2. Trade Bank: Biwott transferred his operations to Trade Bank, then owned by
Alnoor Kassam. It’s also alleged that Trade bank was involved in export
financing fraud to a #quantum of about Kshs. 700 million, that Trade Bank took
over Yaya center from Kassam and that Solomon Muthamia, a forex dealer with the
bank was entrusted with laundering the proceeds of Turkwell Gorge on behalf of
Biwott and Moi. (page 42-45)
3. Pan African Bank: Kobil banked with Pan African Bank
Switzerland
1. Credit Suisse and Citibank (page 46)
2. Bank Cantonale Vaudoise: Significant amounts of money being moved from Bank
Cantonale Vaudoise on behalf of Biwott (page 46-47)
Belgium
1. Banque Belgolaise: Reported that Biwott and ex-president Moi are joint
owners of Banque Belgolaise, 40% of which is owned by Biwott (page 47)
Business Associates
1. Gad Zeevi (page 47-48)
2. Akber Esmail (page 48-49)
3. Naushad Merali (page 49-50)
4. Horatius de Gama Rose (page 50)
5. Mohammed Bawazir (page 50)
6. Mohammed Aslam (page 51)
7. Alnoor Kassam (page 51 -53)
8. Charles Field-Marsham (page 53)
9. Joseph Schwartzman (page 53-54)
10. Ben Sassoon (page 54)
11. Danny Vardi (page 54)
12. David Bartknowski (page 54)
13. Biwott was involved in the siphoning of funds from th proceeds of Turkwell
Gorge Hydro- Electric Dam Project (page 108)
Philip Moi
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Philip Moi, son of ex-President Daniel arap Moi.
It is understood that Philip has an estimated wealth of approximately $ 770
million and controls more hidden cash than Gideon, even though significant
attention has been directed at the latter. (page 55).
Business links
1. Gateway Properties Inc—1992 documentary evidence (page 55)
2. Paradise Holdings (page 55)
3. Sheraton Holdings (page 55)
4. Hahuru Investors (page 55)
5. General Commodity Dealers (page 55)
6. Kiharu Investors (page 55)
7. Concord Holdings—Connected to Goldenberg (page 55)
8. Panafcon Engineering (page 55)
9. Tiger Farm Limited (page 55)
10. Ecta Kenya Limited (page 55)
Finance
He operates accounts in London’s Branch of HSBC and Standard Chartered Plc.
Barclays Bank (page 57)
The details of the account Philip Moi holds at Barclays bank are as follows:
Name of Bank: Barclays Bank Plc.
Address:
Barclays Business Centre Hampstead High Street Branch, 28 Hampstead,
London NW3 1 QB
Sort Code: 203616
Account Number: 90391158
As this information dates back ten years ago, it is possibly connected to Goldenberg
Credit Suisse Zurich , Switzerland . (page 57)
Rosanna Moi indicated that in October 2002, Philip Moi lost US Dollrs 15
million to an Italian family on a deal that failed to deliver. This money was
paid to his family through Philip’s Sandhurst Matrix Inc account held at
Credit Suisse, Zurich
Sultanate of Brunei (page 57)
Philip is a close friend of Prince Hamid of Brunei . Moi’s family has
invested heavily through Prince Hamid.The precise details of Philip’s
investments through these investments are not known. Philip’s wife was
planning to spend a vacation of Christmas 2003 in Brunei with their children.
Business Associates
1. Zara/Rosanna Moi (page 57)
2. Dr. Clemente (page 58)
3. Akasha Family (page 59)
4. Muzahim (page 59)
KTM report country index
What follows is a list of countries (excluding Kenya ) involved in the
holdings, transactions and other links of Moi's associates, as detailed in the
original leaked report, KTM_report.pdf http://wikileaks.org/wiki/KTM_report.pdf>
.
Australia
* Target 3's wife lived in Australia (page 15)
* Biwott's investment with commercial interests in Australia (page 39)
* Biwott / Ownership of a 10.000 hectare ranch (page 40)
* Mukesh Gohil / Directorship of two companies (page 65)
* Mukesh Gohil / Shantilal Brother ( Australia ) Pty Ltd (page 85)
* Mukesh Gohil / South Austral Pty Ltd (page 86)
Belgium
* Biwott / Moi (joint?) ownership of Banque Belolaise (page 47)
* Team Simoco / Simens International / Siemens Atea, the Belgian branch (page
104)
Brunei
* Philip is a close friend of Prince Hamid of Brunei (page 57)
* Moi's family has invested heavily through Prince Hamid (page 57)
* Philip's wife and children were planning to spend Christmas 2003 vacation in
Brunei (page 57)
Canada
* Charles Field-Marshal / Biwott's son in law, manager Yaya Center / canadian
citizenship and present residence (page 53)
Dubai
* Saimon Roadrekearek of Allen & Overy (page 33)
* Gideon telephone call to Mukesh (page 36)
Finland
* Public sector related fraud / Generators from Finland (page 110)
Germany
* $200 million laundered via Frankfurt (page 8)
* Solomon Muthamia / Biwott's funds channelled to bank accounts in Germany
(page 45)
* PAB / Aslam / Biwott's money recycles through unidentified German bank (page
46)
* Team Simoco / Siemens International / Siemens Group (page 104)
* Proceeds of Turkwell Gorge Hydro-Electric Dam Project / Unidentified banks
(page 108)
Grand Cayman
* Gideon / Ken Boit (page 32)
Israel
* Biwott's investment with commercial interests (page 39)
* Zeevi's present residence / under investigation (page 48)
* Danny Vardi / Israeli national, former Israeli Defence Force, an advidor to
the Israeli government of natural gaz projects (page 54)
* David Bartknowski / Israeli national, Gad Zeevi's former CFO (page 54)
Italy
* Philip Moi / property ownership (page 55)
* Zara/Rosanna Moi / Philip's Italian wife / numerous bank operations (page 57)
* Zara/Rosanna Moi travelled from Italy to Leichtenstein and Switzerland (page
57)
* Zara/Rosanna Moi is relatively unknown, so Philip prefers to use her as his
'Italian connection' (page 58)
* Philip refuses to visit Italy , uses Dr. Cliemente to recover money (page 58)
* Mrs Moi was visiting Italy to meet Dr. Cliemente to discuss money (page 58)
* Philip provided cover to Italian families dealing with drugs in Malindi (page
59)
Japan
* Naushad Merali / contract secured to supply Daihatsu 4x4s to government
parastatals (page 49)
Jersey
* Millions held (page 8)
Leichtenstein
* Zara/Rosanna Moi made visits to Leichtenstein (page 57)
Liberia
* Muzahim / Philip / counterfeiting (page 59)
Luxembourg
* Kulei / Moi / Gideon / CitiCorp / CitiBank / UBP (page 33)
Malawi
* Tobacco farm owned by Gideon (page 31)
* Gideon's meeting with Habinder Singh Sethi (page 37)
Namibia
* President Sam Nujoma (page 13)
* Meeting with President Nujoma (page 29)
Netherlands
* Team Simoco / Background / Philips Electronics N.V. (page 102)
Puerto Rico
* Moi / Biwott / Zeevi's investment in oil refineries (page 48)
Russia
* Zeevi / Chernoy corrupt dealings
Somalia
* Muzahim / Philip / counterfeiting (page 59)
South Africa
* 74 closed corporations under the name of Harbinder Singh Sethi (page 10)
* Gideon (page 13)
* Kulei has property interests (page 23)
* 74 closed corporations under the name of Harbinder Singh Sethi (page 32)
* Gideon / Harbinder Singh Sethi (page 33)
* Sethi holds many of Gideon's assets, a ranch (page 37)
* Sethi flew the Moi's carrying cases of dollars (page 37)
* Gideon / Kiplagat / sale of $650,000 Durban-based residential property (page
38)
* Harbinder Singh Sethi / resident in Sandton, Johannesburg (page 65)
* Harbinder Singh Sethi / property (pages 66-67)
* Sethi / 'member' of 74 closed corporations (pages 68-71)
Sudan
* Muzahim / Philip / counterfeiting (page 59)
Switzerland
* $200 million laundered via UBP. (page 8)
* Geneva launder Gabriel Moussa Katri (page 8)
* $100-$500 million laundered via UBP (page 8)
* Transfer orchestrated by Mukesh Gohil (page 8)
* Credit Swiss / Sandhurt Matrix / Dr Clemente / Garian Investments (page 9)
* Gabriel Moussa Katri's $200 million launder / UBP (page 24, 25)
* PAB / Aslam / Biwott's money recycles through unidentified Swiss bank (page
46)
* Zeevi and Biwott's accounts Credit Suisse in Geneva and Citiban in Zurich
(page 46)
* Zeevi / $12 million credit from Credit Suisse (page 46)
* Biwott / significant amount of money moved from Banque Cantonale Vaudoise
(page 46)
* Philip Moi / lost US$15 million process paid through account held at Credit
Suisse, Zurich (page 57)
* Zara/Rosanna Moi visited Lugano in Ticino , a remote area but with over 100
banks (page 57)
* 'Not surprising' that Zara should visit Lugano, since major
international drug barons favor this destination (page 58)
* Gabriel Moussa Katri / Banque Patrimoines Prives Geneve BPG SA (pages 89-90)
* Gabriel Moussa Katri / Discount Bank and Trust Company "The Recanati
Bank" (pages 90-91)
* Gabriel Moussa Katri / Union Bancaire Privee (pages 91-92)
* Gabriel Moussa Katri / Banque Privee de Rothschild S.A. (pages 92-93)
Uganda
* Ownership of petrol stations operated through Kenol-Kobil (page 40)
* Biwott expelled in 1972 (page 48)
* Damani Harshad / Article in 'The Monitor' / Ugandan individual (page 79)
United Kingdom
* Mukesh Gohil / Citibank (page 9)
* HSBC / Standard Chartered PLC / Barclays (page 10, 56)
* 6.5 million pounds laundered into Surrey and Knightsbridge (page 10)
* Sovereign Group Ltd / Sovereign holdings (page 11)
* Hotels in London (page 13)
* Kulei and Moi properties in Surrey (page 22)
* Broadlands Overseas S.A (page 22)
* Lowdnes Square London (page 22)
* Kulei stock brokers (page 27)
* Gideon / Mukesh Gohil properties in London (page 31)
* 550 million pounds laundered via Citibank (page 32)
* Mukesh / Gideon holdings in London (page 32)
* Chales Field-Marsham / code-sharing arrangement with British Airways (page
41)
* Rayner / resident in the UK (page 44)
* Solomon Muthamia / Biwott's funds channelled to bank accounts in UK (page 45)
* Field Marsham / work in an international investment bank in London (page 53)
* Philip Moi / issue cheques for the purchase of equipment for manufacturing
cooking fat (page 56)
* Philip Moi / used HSBC account to buy equipment for Cut Tobacco Ltd. (page
56)
* Philip Moi / signed ₤500000 Barclays Bank cheques for and behalf of Gateway
Properties Inc (page 56)
* Mukesh Gohil / Properties in Middlesex, Bedfordshire and Leicestershire
(pages 61-64)
* Mukesh Gohil / Directorship of 3 companies (pages 64-65)
* Sethi / former directorships of 3 companies (page 67)
* Naushad Noorali Merali / Directorships in 2 companies (page 73)
* Merali / Holdings in several companies (pages 73-74)
* Rohit Pattni / Two properties in Middlesex and Surrey (pages 75-76)
* Rohit Pattni / Director of 6 companies (pages 76-78)
* Vaju Pattni / KP's brother is in London , travels to Birmingham , Manchester
(page 79)
* Vaju Pattni / Property in Sudbury US$1m (page 79)
* Damani Harshad / Located in Hertfordshire (page 79)
* Damani Harshad / Director of company (page 80)
* Hema Damani / Director of company (page 80)
* Vaju Pattni / Property searches (pages 80-81)
* Mukesh Gohil / Armada Services Ltd (page 84)
* Mukesh Gohil / Technology 4 All Ltd (page 84)
* Mukesh Gohil / Aandatta Ltd (page 85)
* Harbinder Sethi / BasicStone Ltd (pages 86-87)
* Harbinder Sethi / Canray Ltd (pages 87-88)
* Harbinder Sethi / Hollywood Electronics Ltd (pages 88-89)
* Naushad Merali / W.P.H Kenya Tea Ltd (page 94)
* Naushad Merali / Overseas International Telecommunications Ltd (pages 94-95)
* Akber Esmail / Steel Brothers and Company (pages 95-97)
* Horatius da Gama Rose / Symphony Global Technologies Plc (page 97)
* Rohit Pattni / Octogen Ltd (pages 97-98)
* Rohit Pattni / Riverton Securities Ltd (page 98)
* Rohit Pattni / Deonberry Finance Ltd (pages 98-99)
* Rohit Pattni / Ashym Properties Ltd (pages 99-100)
* Rohit Pattni / L Thomas & Company Ltd (page 100)
* Rohit Pattni / Fairoak Investments Ltd (pages 100-101)
* Team Simoco / Corporate records listing (pages 103-104)
* Team Simoco / Team Communications / Company listings (page 104)
* Proceeds of Turkwell Gorge Hydro-Electric Dam Project / Unidentified banks
(page 108)
United States
* Properties held (page 11)
* Kulei / Terer Kulei owns several properties in NY (page 23, 26)
* Alnoor Kassam / Zeevi agreement of sale of Trade Bank in NY (page 51)
* Field Marsham / work in an international investment bank in NY (page 53)
Zaire
* Muzahim / Philip / counterfeiting (page 59)
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Ex-Kenyan president's $5b fraud revealed
Xan Rice in Nairobi | August 31, 2007
THE breathtaking extent of corruption perpetrated by the family of the former
Kenyan leader, Daniel arap Moi, has been exposed in a secret report that
uncovered a web of shell companies, secret trusts and frontmen that his
entourage used to funnel hundreds of millions of pounds into about 30
countries.
The 110-page report by the international risk consultancy Kroll, and seen by
The Guardian, alleges that relatives and associates of Mr Moi siphoned off
perhaps as much as £2 billion ($5 billion) of government money. If true, it
would put the Mois on a par with Africa's other great kleptocrats, Mobutu Sese
Seko of Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo) and Nigeria 's Sani Abacha.
The assets included multimillion-pound properties in London , New York and
South Africa , as well as a 10,000-hectare property in Australia and bank
accounts containing hundreds of millions of pounds.
The report, commissioned by the Kenyan Government, was submitted in 2004, but
never acted upon. Kroll would not confirm or deny the report's authenticity on
Thursday.
The Kroll investigation into the former regime was commissioned by President
Mwai Kibaki shortly after he came to power on an anti-corruption platform in
2003. It was meant to be the first step towards recovering some of the money
stolen during Mr Moi's 24-year rule, which earned Kenya the reputation as one
of the world's most corrupt countries.
But soon after the investigation was launched Mr Kibaki's government was caught
up in its own scandal, known as Anglo Leasing, which involved awarding huge
government contracts to bogus companies. Since then, none of Mr Moi's relatives
or close allies has been prosecuted, and no money has been recovered. Three of
the four ministers that resigned after the Anglo Leasing scandal was exposed
have since been reinstated.
On Thursday the Kenyan Government confirmed it received the Kroll report in
April 2004. But the Government's official spokesman, Alfred Mutua, said
it was incomplete and inaccurate, and that Kroll had not been engaged to do any
further work. "We did not find that the report was credible. It was based
a lot on hearsay," he said, adding that the leaking of the report was
politically motivated. He insisted Kenya was working with foreign governments
to recover the stolen money. "Some of the money is in UK bank accounts. We
have asked the British government to help us recover the funds but so far they
have refused," Dr Mutua said.
The report was obtained through the website Wikileak, which aims to help expose
corruption. The document is believed to have been leaked by a senior government
official upset with Mr Kibaki's failure to tackle graft and by his alliance
with Mr Moi, who remains an influential figure in Kenya , before the December
presidential election.
On Tuesday Mr Moi announced he was backing Mr Kibaki for a second term, saying
he was disappointed that "selfish individual interests have been
entrenched in our society".
Guardian News & Media
Index of names, company names and properties
Notes & References
1. ↑
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/The_looting_of_Kenya_under_President_Moi#_ref-0>
Githongo's courageous whistleblowing actions have been the subject of much
international media attention. See, for instance, John Githongo http://wikileaks.org/wiki/John_Githongo>
's page on this wiki, and a profile in the New Statesman from February 2006,
available at http://www.newstatesman.com/200602060018
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Special:Jump/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5uZXdzdGF0ZXNtYW4uY29tLzIwMDYwMjA2MDAxOA==>
.
2. ↑ http://wikileaks.org/wiki/The_looting_of_Kenya_under_President_Moi#_ref-1>
See, for instance, 'State Changes Tune on Looted Billions Abroad', http://www.globalpolicy.org/nations/launder/regions/2005/0519tune.htm
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Special:Jump/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5nbG9iYWxwb2xpY3kub3JnL25hdGlvbnMvbGF1bmRlci9yZWdpb25zLzIwMDUvMDUxOXR1bmUuaHRt>
, May 19, 2005, written as the investigation was wound down by the Kenyan
government. Kroll also played a role in the investigations of the Anglo Leasing
investigations, see e.g.'Githongo secret diary', http://allafrica.com/stories/200601240569.html
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Special:Jump/aHR0cDovL2FsbGFmcmljYS5jb20vc3Rvcmllcy8yMDA2MDEyNDA1NjkuaHRtbA==>
.
3. ↑ http://wikileaks.org/wiki/The_looting_of_Kenya_under_President_Moi#_ref-2>
See http://www.warmafrica.com/index/geo/9/cat/1/a/a/artid/135
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Special:Jump/aHR0cDovL3d3dy53YXJtYWZyaWNhLmNvbS9pbmRleC9nZW8vOS9jYXQvMS9hL2EvYXJ0aWQvMTM1>
4. ↑ http://wikileaks.org/wiki/The_looting_of_Kenya_under_President_Moi#_ref-3>
See, e.g., in Time Magazine's article on Githongo, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901060306-1167713-1,00.html
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Special:Jump/aHR0cDovL3d3dy50aW1lLmNvbS90aW1lL21hZ2F6aW5lL2FydGljbGUvMCw5MTcxLDkwMTA2MDMwNi0xMTY3NzEzLTEsMDAuaHRtbA==>
: 'Githongo's crusade started at a time of great hope. In 2002, Mwai
Kibaki, head of the National Rainbow Coalition, won the presidency, promising
an end to corruption as "a way of life."'
5. ↑ http://wikileaks.org/wiki/The_looting_of_Kenya_under_President_Moi#_ref-4>
See, e.g., 'Kenya's anti-graft czar resigns', http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4243619.stm
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Special:Jump/aHR0cDovL25ld3MuYmJjLmNvLnVrLzIvaGkvYWZyaWNhLzQyNDM2MTkuc3Rt>
, and 'Kenya graft fighter 'threatened, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4249679.stm
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Special:Jump/aHR0cDovL25ld3MuYmJjLmNvLnVrLzIvaGkvYWZyaWNhLzQyNDk2Nzkuc3Rt>
.
6. ↑ http://wikileaks.org/wiki/The_looting_of_Kenya_under_President_Moi#_ref-5>
' Kenya : What Moi-Kibaki Alliance Means', http://allafrica.com/stories/200708281270.html
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Special:Jump/aHR0cDovL2FsbGFmcmljYS5jb20vc3Rvcmllcy8yMDA3MDgyODEyNzAuaHRtbA==>
.
7. ↑ http://wikileaks.org/wiki/The_looting_of_Kenya_under_President_Moi#_ref-6>
' Kenya : Kibaki Appoints Moi Peace Envoy', http://allafrica.com/stories/200707250755.html
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Special:Jump/aHR0cDovL2FsbGFmcmljYS5jb20vc3Rvcmllcy8yMDA3MDcyNTA3NTUuaHRtbA==>
.
8. ↑ http://wikileaks.org/wiki/The_looting_of_Kenya_under_President_Moi#_ref-7>
The table of contents is not easy to follow and does not make this clear, but
there are 'sectioning' pages. It is a 'consolidated report', perhaps
consolidating smaller reports. There are duplicate sections for some
individuals investigated. The table of contents refers to an 'Introduction'
section, which apparently has been redacted.
9. ↑ http://wikileaks.org/wiki/The_looting_of_Kenya_under_President_Moi#_ref-8>
see, e.g. http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/1998/03/private_eye.html
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Special:Jump/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5tb3RoZXJqb25lcy5jb20vbmV3cy9mZWF0dXJlLzE5OTgvMDMvcHJpdmF0ZV9leWUuaHRtbA==>
10. ↑ http://wikileaks.org/wiki/The_looting_of_Kenya_under_President_Moi#_ref-9>
As documented by Githongo himself: see 'Githongo secret diary', http://allafrica.com/stories/200601240569.html
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Special:Jump/aHR0cDovL2FsbGFmcmljYS5jb20vc3Rvcmllcy8yMDA2MDEyNDA1NjkuaHRtbA==>
.
11. ↑ http://wikileaks.org/wiki/The_looting_of_Kenya_under_President_Moi#_ref-10>
http://www.kroll.com/services/ifai/professionals/marshall/
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Special:Jump/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5rcm9sbC5jb20vc2VydmljZXMvaWZhaS9wcm9mZXNzaW9uYWxzL21hcnNoYWxsLw==>
12. ↑ http://wikileaks.org/wiki/The_looting_of_Kenya_under_President_Moi#_ref-11>
See, e.g., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldenberg_scandal#Travel_restrictions
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Special:Jump/aHR0cDovL2VuLndpa2lwZWRpYS5vcmcvd2lraS9Hb2xkZW5iZXJnX3NjYW5kYWwjVHJhdmVsX3Jlc3RyaWN0aW9ucw==>
and http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4711546.stm
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Special:Jump/aHR0cDovL25ld3MuYmJjLmNvLnVrLzIvaGkvYWZyaWNhLzQ3MTE1NDYuc3Rt>
.
13. ↑ http://wikileaks.org/wiki/The_looting_of_Kenya_under_President_Moi#_ref-12>
See, e.g., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon_Moi
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Special:Jump/aHR0cDovL2VuLndpa2lwZWRpYS5vcmcvd2lraS9HaWRlb25fTW9p>
.
14. ↑ http://wikileaks.org/wiki/The_looting_of_Kenya_under_President_Moi#_ref-13>
See, e.g., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Biwott
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Special:Jump/aHR0cDovL2VuLndpa2lwZWRpYS5vcmcvd2lraS9OaWNob2xhc19CaXdvdHQ=>
and http://allafrica.com/stories/200503020867.html
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Special:Jump/aHR0cDovL2FsbGFmcmljYS5jb20vc3Rvcmllcy8yMDA1MDMwMjA4NjcuaHRtbA==>
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