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Category : Corruption
Mbarire Fights Back over PLO Bribery Claims The People, Pg 3
Wednesday, 24 Aug 2011

Cecily Mbarire is fighting claims that he tried to bribe PLO in order for him not to continue charging her and her husband on corruption. She denied offering him sh100, 000 bribe, which she said was donated to the PLO Lumumba foundation and Lucy Onono Memorial Foundation. She said she will sue hi

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Leaders Decry Graft in Government Offices The Standad, Pg 13
Wednesday, 17 Aug 2011

Leaders from Pokot have condemned rampant corruption in government agencies. Led by Pokot Council of Elders chairman John Muok, they met PLO Lumumba and condemned corruption un Pokot region and misuse of relief food meant for the starving.

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New Anti-Graft Agency Might Get Powers to Prosecute Daily Nation, Pg 6
Wednesday, 17 Aug 2011

The Independent Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission Bill proposes the commission to have powers to prosecute and seize assets acquired through corrupt means. It also gives it powers to institute court action in order to recover such assets. The Bill also makes it mandatory for any person seekin

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Ex-PS Chased me Away, Says Auditor Daily Nation, Pg 9
Wednesday, 17 Aug 2011

Former Home Affairs PS Sylvester Mwaliko chased away the auditor investigating payments of more than Sh90 million to Anglo-Leasing Mr. Kennedy Mwaniki. He told the court that Mwaliko refused to release the file pertaining to the contract with the foreign company. Mwaniki added that there was no d

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Bid to End Goldenberg Case Awaiting PS Nod Saturday Standard, Pg 6
Saturday, 20 Aug 2011

DPP Keriako Tobiko is awaiting advice from Treasury before deciding whether to terminate the sh5.8 billion Goldenberg case against Pattni. Finance PS Kinyua is supposed to inform Tobiko whether the government had cleared Pattni alongside his co-accused.

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No more Filed Day for CDF Looters Sunday Nation, Pg 21
Sunday, 14 Aug 2011

The CDF and the National Taxpayers Association (NTA) have harmised their operations in a move likely to improve the management of CDF funds. The two organizations have been fighting in what NTA chairman Peter Kubebea called lack of information and communication flow between them. A recent governm

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Sonko Tells of Bribery Bid and Sh5M Theft Daily Nation, Pg 9
Tuesday, 23 Aug 2011

Makadara Mp Mike Mbuvi told the anti-corruption court that more than sh5 million was withdrawn from the CDF kitty without his knowledge. He said those who withdrew the money wrote down his cell phone number in the bank documents with sinister motives. Mbuvi was testifying in a case against former

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Lumumba and Mbarire in Bribe Drama Daily Nation, Pg 56
Tuesday, 23 Aug 2011

PLO Lumumba has accused assistant minister Cecily Mbarire of attempting to bribe him with Sh 100, 000. He said Mbarire hatched the plan with her husband who is being investigated over illegal tenders at the Water Ministry. Mbarire has however affirmed her innocence stating that the allegations ar

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