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Category : Corruption
KACC wants Ngilu Charged with Fraud Daily Nation, Pg 1 & 4
Monday, 19 Sep 2011

KACC has recommended to the DPP that water minister Charity Ngilu be prosecuted for abuse of office after she allegedly commissioned an incomplete borehole in Kangundo. The commission also accuses Ngilu of breach of trust and conspiracy to defraud the government after she commissioned Ndovoini bo

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New Bid to Rescue Beleaguered KACC Sunday Nation, Pg 9
Sunday, 18 Sep 2011

Justice minister Mutula Kilonzo is expected to chair a meeting with KACC Advisory Board to find a way of preventing the commission from grinding to a halt. The commission is unable to run effectively because it cannot spend a cent without authorization from the dicrector who stepped aside to pave

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We have had a False Start and are Still Waiting for our Reformers to be Born Daily Nation, Pg 13
Friday, 16 Sep 2011

Joshua Kutny says Kenya is yet to get reform minded leaders to inspire change in the country. Those who advocated for reforms in yesteryears have failed to live up to their billing by not reforming institutions they now head in government. Corruption has become a daily occurence. The manner in wh

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Call to Extradite Okemo and Gichuru Daily Nation, Pg 6
Friday, 16 Sep 2011

Public prosecutor Patrick Kiage argued in the court that Kenya must honor its obligations under the international law by handing over Okemo and Gichuru to Jersey for trial. He said this was proper under the constitution for the them face alleged money laundering of sh900 million alongiside fraud

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KACC is Crippled as its Bosses Quit Office Daily Nation, Pg 1 & 4
Friday, 16 Sep 2011

Ant-corruption bosses have left office bringng investigations into 11 major corruption cases involving sh100 billion to a near standstill. The commission cannot move a step because only the director can authorize expenditure as the chief executive officer. The bosses had to leave to pave way for

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Okemo, Gichuru Claim Trial in Jersey would be Illegal The Standard, Pg 12
Wednesday, 14 Sep 2011

Chris Okemo and Samuel Gichuru have argued that it would be unconstitutional to surrender them to Jersey Island to face trial. They said lapse of time will make the trial unfair. They also told the court that the money that has been frozen will easily be spent by the executive of Jersey and this

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Parliament has Outlived its Usefulness, Put it Down Now The Standard, Pg 15
Tuesday, 13 Sep 2011

Timothy Kaberia asserts that the move by MPs to disband KACC to tame it from investigating their corrupt deals trashes the gains so far made in the new era. It is time Kenyans rose to the occassion and send MPs home because they have shown how self aggrandizing, carefree, arrogant and out of touc

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Case can be Argued for Extraditing Oekmo, Gichuru The Standard, Pg 15
Tuesday, 13 Sep 2011

Richard Maina argues that Kenya has ratified extradition treaties with Britain and the new constitution provides that treaties signed by Kenya shall form part of the law.The requirements for an extradition treaty are the treaty itself and dual criminal culpability nd these two have been met. Whil

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