Wiper Leader Kalonzo Musyoka on Sunday revealed that he will be moving to court to seek directives compelling the government to shed more light on what the Indian company contract cancellation means.
Speaking during a church service at Jesus Teaching Ministry in Embakasi East Constituency, Nairobi, Kalonzo announced that he would be personally moving to court after the cancellation left some gaps.
According to the former Vice President, should the court grant the orders compelling the government to act on his petition, then Kenyans will get the chance to hear how the government benefitted from the engagement with Adani.
''We have work to do now and we will not just be talking here and there, for example, we will be moving to the courts on November 27, so that we can get directions on what William Ruto’s cancellations mean,’’ Kalonzo declared.
Kalonzo added that their petition will seek to answer some of the questions Kenyans had raised in the past over the much interest that the government had invested in the deal.
''We are going to get them exposed. Let us pray that all the wrongdoings of the country will be put open and in the public so that every thief can be known for the nation’s complete healing,’’ he added.
Kalonzo’s comments came a few days after President William Ruto gave orders directing the cancellation of Adani Jomo Kenyatta International Airport(JKIA) and Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO) contract talks that would see the Indian conglomerate take over the management of the infrastructures on concessionary terms.
Speaking on Thursday, November 21, during his State of the Nation address in Parliament, the Head of State revealed that his directive was influenced by the provision of undisputed evidence or credible information on corruption.
''Accordingly, I now direct - in furtherance of the principles enshrined in Article 10 of the Constitution on transparency and accountability, and based on new information provided by our investigative agencies and partner nations - that the procuring agencies within the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum immediately cancel the ongoing procurement process for the JKIA Expansion Public Private Partnership transaction, as well as the recently concluded KETRACO transmission line Public Private Partnership contract, and immediately commence the process of onboarding alternative partners,” the Head of State announced.
"I have stated in the past, and I reiterate today, that in the face of undisputed evidence or credible information on corruption, I will not hesitate to take decisive action," he added.
The developments come even as Kenyans.co.ke on November 24, published a story breaking down the amount of money the government would be forced to pay the Adani Group following the termination of the contract. We established that the pay would amount to a figure of around Ksh96 million, from the environmental assessment costs.
Assessment costs are typically 0.1% of the total cost of the project to a minimum of Ksh10,000 with no upper capping. Since the KETRACO-Adani Energy deal had a stated cost of Ksh96 billion for 372km of transmission lines, an EIA of up to Ksh96 million could be incurred.
"What we had agreed is that any verifiable cost, in terms of the Environmental Assessment Reports, and we know the cost of doing this, can be reimbursed back to Adani. The Law also gives a maximum cap and vis-a-vis in terms of arguing for not paying," John Mativo, Managing Director of KETRACO, corroborated the availability of related assessment costs that would arise. By
