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  • Deputy President William Ruto and ANC Party leader Musalia Mudavadi at a past rally. DPPS 
  • Prime Cabinet Secretary nominee Musalia Mudavadi on Monday, October 17, revealed that his net worth is around Ksh4 billion. 

    Speaking at the County Hall during the Cabinet Secretaries nominees vetting, Mudavadi revealed that he took into account his properties and investments. 

    He added that the net worth was derived from various sources of income. 

    President William Ruto, Deputy President Rigathi Gacahgua and Chief Cabinet Minister Musalia Mudavadi announcing the nominees to his cabinet at State House Nairobi on Tuesday, September 27, 2022.
    President William Ruto, Deputy President Rigathi Gacahgua, and Prime Cabinet Minister Musalia Mudavadi during the unveiling of the nominees to his cabinet at State House Nairobi on Tuesday, September 27, 2022. WILLIAM RUTO
     

    "If I take my investment in shares in some companies and also some properties I own, I would put my net worth at about Ksh4 billion."

    "My sources of income are rental income, dividends where I have shareholdings and also interest and of course other expenses that come from the farm." 

    During the vetting, Leader of Majority in the National Assembly Kimani Ichung'wa put Mudavadi to task on the potential conflict of interest should the government seek to lease his properties. 

    "Hon. Musalia on page 4 of the document you provided, looking at the net worth and the schedule you submitted, I see you have an interest in an aircraft with exclusive air services."

    "You have properties in Riverside, from where you earn your rental income and other office spaces you have also indicated. Supposing the government leased any of these properties, would that tend to conflict of interest," Ichung'wa posed.

    "Clearly, there are procedures in law that would make full disclosure under such circumstances if they did arise," Mudavadi responded. 

    Opiyo Wandayi who is the House's Leader of Minority, also sought Mudavadi to explain a past graft case in 2007 where the defunct Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission accused him of fraudulently acquiring properties in Woodley estate in Nairobi. 

    "Woodley estate is a property that belongs to Nairobi County government. I've stayed in Woodley and my family has always had that premises. To this day, we pay rent to the Nairobi County government. At no time has that property been transferred. The Kenya Anti-corruption body at that time had not verified the facts. I ended up seeking legal redress on my part and charging for defamation against the anti-graft body for producing misleading information," Mudavadi responded.  

    He also affirmed that he had relinquished his role as the leader of the Amani National Congress - ANC party. 

    President William Ruto aide Farouk Kibet sharing a light moment with ANC party leader Musalia Mudavadi at Kasarani Stadium on Tuesday, September 13, 2022
    President William Ruto's aide Farouk Kibet sharing a light moment with ANC party leader Musalia Mudavadi at Kasarani Stadium on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 By Brian Kimani, KENYANS.CO.KE
  • Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua speaking at Baringo Deputy Governor Charles Kipng'ok's burial on Saturday, September 24, 2022. RIGATHI GACHAGUA 
  • Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua can breathe a sigh of relief after the Anti-Corruption Court adjourned the proceedings of his Ksh7.4 billion graft case.

    Magistrate Victor Wakulime granted a plea filed before the court by the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Noordin Haji, who asked for more time to review the case.

    The prosecution asked for at least three weeks to look into new documents submitted by Gachagua.

    File image of a court gavel
    File image of a court gavel FILE
     

    In addition, the prosecution counsel noted that the matter could not proceed as the DP and his co-accused were not present in court. Gahagua's lawyer claimed that there was a  miscommunication on whether the proceedings were online or in-person.

    Wakulime ruled that the hearing of the case will resume on Monday, November 21. 

    Gacahagua is accused of irregularly obtaining Ksh7.4 billion between 2013 and 2020 through questionable dealings with the national government. The money was wired to multiple accounts registered in his name

    The ODPP charged him with six counts of committing economic crimes including the fraudulent acquisition of public property, acquisition of proceeds of crime, conspiracy to commit an offence of corruption, conflict of interest,  and money laundering.

    The second-in-command, alongside nine others was also accused of defrauding the Nyeri County government money to the tune of Ksh27.4 million for the supply of kidney dialysis machines.

    Among the co-accused include William Mwangi Wahome, Ann Nduta Ruo, Jullianne Jahenda Makaa and Samuel Murimi Ireri, Grace Wambui Kariuki, Lawrence Kimaru, Irene Wambui Ndigiriri, David Reuben Nyangi Nguru, and Rapid Medical Supplies Ltd.

    The DP had skipped a court hearing on May 17, to attend the burial of his brother James Reriani who passed on ten days earlier.

    Magistrate Wakulime's order comes less than a month after the High Court handed Gachagua a reprieve in a protracted court battle over a Ksh1.5 billion piece of land. 

    Justice Oguttu Mboya of the Environment and Land Court issued an order barring the Ministry of Land not to sell or transfer the parcel neighbouring the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).

    The Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi as pictured on November 18, 2019
    The Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi as pictured on November 18, 2019 SIMON KIRAGU KENYANS.CO.KE

A three-week lockdown has been declared in two districts of Uganda as the country battles an Ebola outbreak.

Bars, nightclubs, places of worship and entertainment venues will be closed in Mubende and neighbouring Kassanda, and a curfew will come into force.

The move is a U-turn for Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, who previously said there was no need for such measures.

This latest outbreak has killed 19 people among 58 recorded cases.

However, the real number of deaths and cases may be higher.

The outbreak began in early September in Mubende, about 80km (50 miles) from the capital Kampala and has remained the epicentre. 

President Museveni had previously ruled out lockdowns, saying Ebola was not an airborne virus so did not require the same measures as Covid-19.

But on Saturday he halted all movement in and out of Mubende and Kassanda districts for 21 days.

Cargo trucks will still be allowed to enter and leave the areas, he said, but all other transport will be stopped.

"These are temporary measures to control the spread of Ebola," he said in a televised address.

"We should all cooperate with authorities so we bring this outbreak to an end in the shortest possible time."

A map of Uganda showing the location of the Ebola outbreak

The president had already ordered police to arrest anyone suspected of having the virus who refused to isolate. 

And he has forbidden traditional healers from trying to handle cases. In previous outbreaks, healers have been associated with hotspots for spread of the virus.

The first recorded death in this outbreak was a 24-year-old man in Mubende. Six members of his family also died.

It later reached the capital Kampala, with one death recorded in October. But health officials said the city remained virus-free, as the man who died had travelled from Mubende.

This latest outbreak is of the Sudan strain of the virus, for which there is no approved vaccine. The Zaire strain, which killed 11,000 people in an outbreak across West Africa from 2013-2016, can be vaccinated against.

Ebola spreads through direct contact with bodily fluids or contaminated material.

Symptoms include vomiting, diarrhoea and in some cases internal or external bleeding. 

The incubation period can last from two days to three weeks, and the virus can be associated with other illnesses, such as malaria and typhoid.  By Elsa Maishman, BBC

Ugandan Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Henry Okello Oryem (left) meeting President Kiir in Juba. [Photo courtesy]

JUBA – A senior Ugandan government official and diplomat has arrived in Juba to deliver a message to President Salva Kiir Mayardit from his Ugandan counterparts Yoweri Museveni.

Ugandan Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Henry Okello Oryem met at the state house J1 with President Salva Kiir Mayardit to deliver a letter of appreciation from President Museveni on his participation in the 60th birthday of Uganda.

“President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Friday met with the Ugandan Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Henry Okello Oryem to discuss issues of bilateral engagement between the two Countries,” the presidency said in a statement following the meeting.PesaCrash

 

Presidential minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin said “Ugandan Minister Okello Oryem conveyed a message of appreciation from President Museveni to President Kiir for his participation in the 60th anniversary of Uganda’s independence in Kampala last week.”

For his part, the visiting Ugandan diplomat said they “discussed issues related to trade, infrastructure and development between the two Countries” and commended “the cordial bilateral relations between South Sudan and Uganda.” Sudan's Post

 

 

Amin Mohamed. He has been appointed the new Director of DCI by President Ruto. Jeff Angote | Nation Media Group

An impressive CV and a scandal-free career spanning decades as an investigator and manager earned Internal Affairs Unit (IAU) chief Amin Mohamed Ibrahim the selection as the next Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI), replacing George Kinoti who resigned last month. 

President William Ruto yesterday morning gazetted the former head of the Banking Fraud Unit as the new DCI after he beat nine other candidates during marathon interviews conducted by the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) on Monday.

“In exercise of the powers conferred, I, William Ruto, appoint Amin Mohamed to be the director,” stated the President.

Mr Ibrahim, 58, has been in the National Police Service for the last 33 years, serving in various capacities. That made him a clear favourite from the time a shortlist of 10 candidates for the position was released by NPCSC last week.

He will, however, be going back to a familiar ground. He first cut his teeth on investigations when he was appointed the officer in charge of the crime branch at Bungoma Police Station immediately after being hired as a cadet in 1989.

Apart from various stints at the DCI where he rose through the ranks, Mr Ibrahim successfully investigated former Deputy Chief Justice Nancy Baraza when she threatened a security guard in 2012, investigated and prosecuted the killers of former Italian bishop Luigi Locati in 2005 and coordinated investigations for the 2007 post-election violence.

He has also served as the director of the Kenya National Focal Point on Small and Light Weapons; as the regional director for the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in North Eastern; as the head of investigations at DCI; as the senior superintendent at the Anti-Corruption Police Unit; among other senior positions 

Yet, despite his good performance during the interviews where he scored the highest points, there was a push between certain political actors who wanted to impose their own candidate. But President Ruto stood firm, insisting that the person who won the interviews should be given the job.

Mr Ibrahim who comes into office as the 16th head of the investigative arm of the National Police Service since the formation of the Criminal Intelligence Unit (CIU) in 1926, is also the first director ever to be competitively recruited, an early positive change by the Ruto administration.

Despite existing provisions in the law on how the director of Kenya’s biggest investigative agency is supposed to be selected, the Mwai Kibaki and Uhuru Kenyatta regimes hired their DCI directors as Presidential appointees.

Section 30 of the National Police Service Act says: “Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of the Director of Criminal Investigations, the (NPSC) shall, by notice in the Gazette and at least two daily newspapers of national circulation, declare a vacancy and request for applications.”

Yet Mr Kinoti, who came into office in 2018 as the 15th head of the DCI after it replaced the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) thanks to the 2010 Constitution, was appointed by President Kenyatta.

His predecessor, Mr Ndegwa Muhoro, was also appointed directly by President Kibaki on the eve of the promulgation of the 2010 Constitution, a move legal observers thought was meant to circumvent the law. 

Mr Ibrahim’s appointment as DCI has therefore given the department a much-needed breath of fresh air after a tumultuous four-year reign of Mr Kinoti that began with a lot of promise, only to get mixed up with political battles. The appointment also gives the directorate a chance to bring itself back on track.

“His vast experience in the field of investigations within and outside the directorate will without doubt inject new blood to the country’s foremost investigative agency and address the ever-changing crime dynamics,” said the directorate following Ibrahim’s appointment as its head as it welcomed him “back home”.

As DCI boss, Mr Ibrahim will be one of the most powerful people in the country. He will be in charge of the Special Crime Prevention Unit, Banking Fraud Investigations Unit, the Anti-Narcotics Unit, the Bomb and Hazardous Disposal Unit, the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit, the Cybercrime Investigation Unit, among others.

During Mr Kinoti’s term, the DCI increased its visibility among Kenyans, upgraded the Criminal Intelligence Unit to Criminal Research and Intelligence Bureau, expanded the homicide (DNA, Toxicological, Chemistry and Biology Lab Units) and commissioned the forensic laboratory that had stalled for years.

Mr Kinoti, however, left office with a significant number of unsolved murder cases and a failed war on corruption which put him at logger heads with the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji and President Ruto’s allies who accused him of targeting them. 

This is where Mr Ibrahim – who is known among his colleagues as a media-shy, talented, fair but firm investigator with a love for reading – is expected to pick up from. He will, however, be walking on eggshells from the time he walks into the corner office at Mazingira House along Kiambu Road, with his first challenge being how to investigate cases involving politicians.

The Ruto administration whose members came under fire during Mr Kinoti’s tenure has already drawn the line on how it wants its members to be treated by the DCI. A number of politicians allied to the president have ongoing corruption and criminal cases in court where investigating officers from the DCI are expected to testify.

Additionally, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, who has never hidden his dislike for the DCI since he was arrested on suspicion of money laundering in 2019, has on many occasions expressed his displeasure at how the department operates. His preference is that sleuths should stay at Mazingira House instead of lurking in government offices.

His latest jab towards the directorate came two weeks ago when he said it is time to overhaul DCI operations.

“We want a professional DCI, who will not spend time on drama, who will not spend time on the press, told Citizen TV.  By Vincent Achuka, Nation

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