Folks,

It is Public Sector Fraud which included Impunity…..it should not
be treated like nothing happened. All stakeholders must be consulted
and compensated…….

I am reading sinister motives here. We want compensation through the
ICC Hague ….Musema kweli, not Wako…..Wako ate with them. There
must be no short-cut…..public are hurting….many people lost big time.
Commodity food and rent went up as a result, families were not able to
pay school fees for their children…..this was the beginning of Middle-Class
collapse…..Goldenberg Scam was one such good reason. We all know it.

Public paid for what they did not engage in. It is time for pay back people.

This is an indication that Patni has accepted that the story is true
that jointly with Moi and company they stole public money and
made many suffer.

Victims of these consequences must be compensated and Moi’s
security with bling bling from tax payers money must be withdrawn
immediately.

Thanks,

Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com

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Pattni thrown lifeline over Goldenberg scam

By Evelyn Kwamboka

Attorney General Amos Wako has allowed negotiations to settle the Sh5.8 billion Goldenberg scandal.

The talks between Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and the Treasury aim at withdrawing criminal charges against Goldenberg architect Kamlesh Pattni.

State Counsel James Warui said Wako, who distanced himself from the sale of Grand Regency Hotel (now Laico Regency), had given directions that the CID, CBK, Treasury and the businessman negotiate the process.

In the case, Pattni is charged alongside former Finance PS Wilfred Koinange, former CBK Deputy Governor Eliphaz Riungu and former Kenya Commercial Bank General Manager Elijah arap Bii.

They were charged with conspiring to steal Sh5.8 billion from the General Account at CBK between April 19 and 29, 1993. The money belonged to the Government.

On Tuesday, Riungu’s advocate Kirathe Wandugi told the court his client was abroad for specialised treatment.

Riungu is admitted to an India hospital and his doctors, claim he is to remain there for four to six months.

Chief Magistrate Gilbert Mutembei ordered the case be mentioned on February 23, to know the outcome of the negotiations.

Be withdrawn

Pattni wants the case that has seen him walk in and out of corridors of justice, be withdrawn, especially after surrendering the former Grand Regency Hotel to the bank.

Though he had requested amnesty, it emerged the consent registered at the High Court, whose order was given, omitted a clause that all pending cases against Pattni be withdrawn.

The document only dealt with the seizure and transfer of hotel to CBK.

Pattni was to relinquish or transfer ownership of the hotel to CBK and execute all necessary instruments of transfer, failure to which the deputy High Court registrar was to order execution.

Accounts held by any bank and cash in the name of the receivers was to be transferred to CBK.

In September 2009, Pattni said the criminal case should be terminated because there was no complainant.

He said there was double jeopardy in the charges against him, because they were dropped and was later arraigned in court, where he pleaded to fresh charges.