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Kimunya finally resigns – – Headlines

By Kipkirui K¢Telwa

Finance minister Amos Kimunya has finally bowed to pressure and resigned.

Only last Sunday, an enraged Kimunya strongly asserted that he would not relinquish his Treasury job over the sale of Grand Regency hotel.

However, the embattled Kipipiri MP eventually bowed out on Tuesday to mounting pressure to pave way for investigation into his handling of Grand Regency hotel saga.

“I have requested his Excellency the president, to be allowed to step aside to facilitate the inquiry,” said Kimunya in a brief press statement he read on Tuesday afternoon.

Saying his conscience was clean on the saga, Kimunya insisted that he was open to an independent inquiry to prove his innocence.

On Sunday, Kimunya had accused Prime Minister Raila Odinga of being part of a wider scheme to bring him down and said if he had to resign, then Raila, Attorney General Amos Wako, Lands Minister James Orengo and anti-corruption commission director Aaron Ringera must also step aside to allow for investigation.

On Sunday, who had been elusive since Parliament passed a Motion of no confidence in him on Wednesday, retreated to his Kipipiri constituency to launch a fight back at a rally at Miharati Stadium.

Kimunya told his constituents that Orengo blew the whistle after “his bid to solicit a Sh3 million bribe from a legal firm involved in the sale was turned down.”

“Orengo went public after he was denied a bribe of Sh3 million he demanded from a Mr Adan, one of the lawyers involved,” Kimunya said.

But lawyer Ahmed Adan, hit dismissed Kimunya¢s allegations as falsehoods, baseless and unfounded:

Said he: “Orengo is a close friend, a polished lawyer I have worked shoulder-to-shoulder with. Kimunya¢s allegations are falsehoods, baseless and the bribe theory totally unfounded.”

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Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 04:34:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: Judy Miriga
Subject: Guatanamo did not sound a pleasing offer to Kimunya-He Bowed Down!!!