Top State firms yet to publish tender details

President Uhuru Kenyatta. 

THURSDA, SEPTEMBER 27, 2018 BY BRIAN NGUGI

Kenya’s richest State corporations and agencies are yet to comply with President Uhuru Kenyatta's directive to publish online, details of the multibillion shilling tenders they award.

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EACC probes Sh1bn public officers' wealth

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 9 2018  

 

 

Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission Chief Executive Officer Halakhe Waqo. EACC sources indicate that most corruption occurs in lower cadres of the Civil Service and devolved units. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP 

In Summary

• Most of the money that Mr Gikonyo received was sent to him via M-Pesa by directors of various clearing and forwarding companies.
• Ex-Nairobi County government head of accounting Stephen Osiro is said to have amassed Sh340 million fortune in both cash and property between January 2011 and April 2016. 
• An accountant at the Interior ministry on a Sh155,000 monthly gross salary also amassed for himself and his family a Sh111 million fortune within 20 months.

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The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission has secured orders to investigate wealth amounting to Sh1 billion belonging to three mid-level government officials.

EACC sources indicate that most corruption occurs in lower cadres of the Civil Service and devolved units. It is these officers that the commission's officers are concentrating on.

DCI Detectives Recovered Sh 770M at Home of Aide Of Top Politician, Uhuru Shocked By Report

Sleuths from the DCI office mounted a sting operation at the home of a personal assistant of a top Jubilee politician and found loads of money in both local and foreign currency that totaled Kshs.770Million. The amounts are suspected to be proceeds of corruption.

Corrupt government officials offered me KSh 700 million bribe to go slow - DCI boss Kinoti

Author: Asher Omondi 

(DCI) George Kinoti

Local News - Kinoti revealed the powerful individuals wanted him to manipulate evidence against them - He said they lured him to a posh hotel in Kiambu and offered him money in the first incident - Later, another group secured a meeting at his office and offered him KSh 200 million The Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti on Friday, August 10, sensationally claimed some powerful individuals involved in some corruption scandals attempted to bribe him. Kinoti said the unnamed persons approached him so that he could manipulate and doctor evidence against them in the ongoing corruption purge targeting suspects of economic crimes. Send 'NEWS' to 40227 to receive all the important breaking news as it happens READ ALSO: Keep off fraud cases, DPP and Kinoti are better than you - Atwoli to EACC Corrupt government officials offered me KSh 500 million bribe to go slow – DCI boss Kinoti Source: Facebook READ ALSO: MPs give DCI boss George Kinoti 7 days to appear before them or lose his job According to People Daily, the individuals with deep pockets who he believed were proceeds of corrupt deals, lured him to a luxurious hotel in Kiambu and offered him KSh 500 million cash money. "I found myself in an awkward position but I decided to leave it at that. But this should serve a warning to others with such thinking that next time, they would be arrested,” he was quoted by the newspaper. He revealed after the incident, another group of individuals made of brokers claiming to have critical information which might help unravel the mystery of bad sugar importation, tried to bribe him again. READ ALSO: Ex-Nairobi governor Evans Kidero released on KSh 2 million cash bail after denying corruption charges Former NYS Director General Richard Ndubai faces corruption charges. Photo: NYS Kenya/Facebook. Source: UGC READ ALSO: CEO, 5 top managers suspended over Ksh 1.9 billion heist at the cereals board They allegedly managed to secure a meeting with him at his office to discuss the issue and it was after this secret meeting when one of the gentlemen remained behind and offered him KSh 200 million which he turned down. “I don’t want blood money. I am determined to fight corruption to the end and anybody that’s involved in looting should be prepared to carry their own cross,” added the no nonsense detective. There are at least 15 mega corruption scandals in Kenya which have never been resolved with maize scam at the National Cereal and Produce Board (NCPB) and National Youth Service (NYS) are some of the latest. Preliminary investigations revealed some KSh 1.9 billion was pocketed by eight individuals who allegedly conspired with senior NCPB officials to steal from poor local farmers. Another KSh 9 billion was stolen from the second phase of NYS scam, which is also touted as the biggest in the history of the youth empowerment programme. 

How one family robbed banks millions of shillings without firing a single shot

SUNDAY AUGUST 12 2018     

Files at the Central Registry in the Ministry of Land. There is a case in Nairobi that will certainly open the Pandora’s Box and by the time it is dispensed with in the next few months, we shall have an idea of how corruption networks in the Land Registry works. PHOTO | MARTIN MUKANGU | NATION MEDIA GROUP 

In Summary

• Family made different titles to the same piece of land and charged it to different banks.
• For that simple act, they walked away with hundreds of millions of shillings from various banks without raising any alarm.
• Caught in the web are lawyers, top banks and leading real estate agents and valuers.

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There is a case in Nairobi that will certainly open the Pandora’s Box and by the time it is dispensed with in the next few months, we shall have an idea of how corruption networks in the Land Registry works.

It could be the tip of the iceberg, but welcome to the world of the Kangethe family.

The Court of Appeal has already termed the case as “perplexing” and as a “measure of how high the country has soared in the corruption index.”

Does Kenya Really Belong To Us?

If Kenya were a cake to be shared out, Kenyans would only lay claim to 31 per cent of the country’s total wealth. The rest would go to foreigners. Agriculture, tourism and banking, which combined bring in the country’s largest earnings, are in foreign hands. Last year, tea, tourism, flowers and coffee earned the country Sh140 billion, nearly half of the annual national budget. Of this money, only 31 per cent ended up in the country – as tax and real earnings to the nationals. And shareholding in the richest 20 companies that trade at the Nairobi Stock Exchange is foreign. The skewed distribution of wealth between foreigners and Kenyans puts paid to all efforts since independence to hand control of the country to its citizens.

German Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton justifies price tag as F1 shows its best face

By Andrew Benson

Chief F1 writer

• From the sectionFormula 1

Hamilton's 66th career win will go down as one of his most satisfying

The German Grand Prix weekend started with the news that Lewis Hamilton had signed a new Mercedes contract worth up to £40m a year, and ended with a demonstration of why he justifies that sort of money.

As team boss Toto Wolff put it after the race: "The difference between the best and the very good is that on the very difficult days they are able to make the difference."

World Cup 2018: Kenya outrage at MPs' trip

Kenyans have reacted furiously to news that 20 MPs have travelled to watch the World Cup at the taxpayers' expense.
They are watching four games, including the final, in a two-week trip to Russia estimated to be costing hundreds of thousands of US dollars.

CRONY CAPITALISM AND STATE CAPTURE

The Kenyatta Family story With business interests in the heart of the Kenyan economy, how has Uhuru Kenyatta’s presidency benefited The Family? Has Kenya benefited from the Kenyattas? DAVID NDII looks at the numbers. Published 2 days ago on July 7, 2018 By David Ndii Nothing is more dangerous than the influence of private interests in public affairs, and the abuse of the laws by the government is a less evil than the corruption of the legislator, which is the inevitable sequel to a particular standpoint. In such a case, the State being altered in substance, all reformation becomes impossible. ~ Jean Jacques Rousseau

How Kalonzo led Kanu politicians in vicious attack against Matiba

SUNDAY APRIL 22 2018   

 

 

Wiper Democratic Movement leader Kalonzo Musyoka. On July 10, 1990, he lead Kanu MPs in Parliament in criticising Kenneth Matiba and other pro-democracy leaders. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP 

In Summary

• Matiba and Charles Rubia, had been arrested and detained without trial for demanding the return of political pluralism in Kenya.
• Matiba had asked Kenyans to assemble at Kamukunji grounds on July 7, 1990, for a national meeting which the government refused to license.
• Police clashed with pro-democracy activists — who tried to enter Kamukunji grounds by force — or who were protesting the detention of Matiba and Rubia and the cancellation of the rally.

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On July 10, 1990, Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka interrupted the business of the House to discuss Kenneth Stanley Njindo Matiba and the quest for multiparty democracy.

On the chair was then Malindi Town MP, Francis Bobi Tuva, who allowed Mr Musyoka to invoke Standing Order No. 20. Mr Musyoka, who is today the Wiper Democratic Party leader, read the relevant clause: “If any Member rising in his place at any time shall propose to move the adjournment of the House for the purpose of discussing a definite matter of urgent national importance, and if the Speaker rules that the matter is a definite matter…and not less than 15 other members rise in their places in support, Mr Speaker shall nominate a time on the same day at which such a Motion may be moved.”

President Kenyatta assures investors of stable business environment

LONDON, 17 APRIL 2018, (PSCU)


President Uhuru Kenyatta today assured UK investors that Kenya’s business environment is stable and conducive for investment.

The President said the country had withstood the immense burden of going through two presidential elections within two months at the end of last year.

Eastleigh: The secret of Somalis’ business success

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Eastleigh recently hosted Firi Festival to celebrate its cultural and business diversity.

‘Little Mogadishu,’ as Eastleigh is nicknamed, owing to the largely Somali population, is an interesting study of culture and business. Besides Somalis, there are Eritreans and Ethiopians in this neighbourhood that never sleeps. 

Though outsiders, these immigrants have injected into Eastleigh the do-or-die work ethic characteristic of ‘displaced communities’ and attendant reciprocal relationship built on networks and trust.

Eastleigh, Nairobi’s xanadu of commerce, boasts more shopping malls than anywhere else in Kenya, besides a 24-hour economy via its multi-billion shilling wholesale and retail enterprises.

Arsène Wenger: Arsenal’s miracle worker who lost his touch but kept his values

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Few modern managers have had as profound an impact on one club as Wenger, whose long reign ultimately will be remembered more for the glorious history than underwhelming end

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 Arsène Wenger celebrates after Arsenal win the Premier League unbeaten in 2004 but the banners latterly were largely less complimentary than ‘Arsene Knows’. Photograph: Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images

La Fin. And so the credits finally roll. Like reaching the end of some heaving biopic, it may take a while for Arsène Wenger to feel able to shake himself back into the real world, to emerge blinking from that life intensely lived as manager at Arsenal Football Club, to take off the red and white spectacles and not assess everything through that prism.

Ramaphosa proposes single African currency: AU Summit

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File: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday strongly punted the idea of creating a single homogeneous currency for African countries in a bid to attract infrastructure investment and enable ease of intra-African trade.

KIGALI – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday strongly punted the idea of creating a single homogeneous currency for African countries in a bid to attract infrastructure investment and enable ease of intra-African trade.

‘MURATINA’ NO LONGER AN ILLICIT BREW AFTER LANDMARK COURT RULING

Posted on Apr 12, 2018

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Principle Magistrate D N Musyoka in March recognised muratina as part of the Kikuyu traditional customs. PHOTO | FILE

By AGEWA MAGUT, @AgewaWawainaina@ke.com
Brewing and drinking muratina during traditional ceremonies is not illegal, a court has ruled.
Kikuyu Principle Magistrate D N Musyoka in March recognised muratina as part of the Kikuyu traditional customs.

The Letter Kenyans in Diaspora Ignored in 2012 Addressing Current Dual Citizenship Concerns

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Carol Gachiengo wrote a brilliant piece in the East African back in 2012, where she raised salient points relative to Diaspora and the idea of dual citizenship.

Back in 2012 when this article was penned, then, debate on renunciation of citizenship slipped our attention because there was no “major” player involved. Today, the same topic has been clouded by our partisan biases. Our arguments are anchored, for the most part, on what we think about one individual, as opposed to having a constructive engagement and guidance of the confusion, heck contradiction at hand.

How Miguna Miguna bluffed his way to infamy

MONDAY APRIL 2 2018   

 

 

Lawyer Miguna Miguna gestures at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on March 27, 2018. Dr Miguna believes that he is being persecuted for staying the course. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NATION MEDIA GROUP 

In Summary

• Dr Miguna promised to take over the leadership of the resistance movement and oust Mr Kenyatta through massive demonstrations.
• The official government position, so far, is that Dr Miguna had gone against the international and Kenyan laws governing airports.

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On Saturday, March 10, just a day after President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga shook hands on the steps of Harambee House, Nairobi, and vowed to bury the hatchet, deported lawyer Miguna Miguna, who commissioned Mr Odinga’s ‘oath’ as the ‘people’s president’ on January 30, flew to Dallas, Texas, USA, to deliver a talk about his resistance movement’s ideals.