Folks,

How can a thief judge a thief?

If the houses cannot be cleaned, Kenya is free for all. The powerful will have it all, who
cares?

Judy Miriga
USA
House team approves Grand Regency sale
Published on 12/08/2008
By David Ohito
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi can now smile his way into the five-star Grand Regency Hotel as the new owner.
Sources say Parliament¢s Finance Committee approved Libyan Government¢s takeover of the hotel after paying Sh2.9 billion ($ 45 million) in a bilateral agreement between Libya and Kenya.
The position taken by the Finance, Planning and Trade committee negates an earlier recommendation of a Cabinet committee, which called for repossession of the hotel and cancellation of the transfer to Libya.
But sources said the committee handed former Finance Minister Amos Kimunya a harsh verdict: Kimunya should be severely reprimanded for breaching the National Assembly Act procedures.
Parliament¢s Powers and Privileges Committee should decide Kimunya¢s fate for action, sources who have seen the report said.
The committee, according to the source, said Kimunya did not deserve to be a minister. This is reportedly the recommendation to President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
Sources privy to the report indicates that Libya Arab Africa Investment Company Kenya Limited (Laaico), like other foreign investors, has been encouraged to increase investment in country.
Laaico owns 998 shares, while Mr Ahmed Mohammed Amaer and Mohammed Shtewi Maawal own a share each in the hotel.
Cleared of wrongs
Sources said the report, signed by committee chairman Chris Okemo, cleared Laaico of wrongdoing.
The report comes after Gaddafi sent a special envoy, Mr Bashir Saleh Bashir, to Kenya who held meetings with Kibaki and Raila.
The Libyans, however, have to wrestle a caveat against the title deed to block the hotel¢s transfer or use as collateral and await the outcome of the Majid Cockar Commission.
The report is yet to be tabled or adopted by the National Assembly.

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Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:48:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: Judy Miriga
Subject: Kenya is a Sell-out

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Okemo’s report should not be accepted by kenyans,i think its time for kenyans to protect the future of this country at all cost.its been proven that foreign direct investment has never and will never solved africans(kenyans) problems but instead it will increased that gap between tha have and haven’t okemo and his team should be made to pay daerly the same way Kimunya was punished because its one coin of different side.

chris

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Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:59:32 -0700 (PDT)
From: chris owala
Subject: Re: Kenya is a Sell-out

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The article does not say where article was published. Please cite source.

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Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:08:18 +0100
From: Rasna Warah
Subject: Re: Kenya is a Sell-out

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http://www.eastandard.net/news/InsidePage.php?id=1143992259

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Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:34:36 -0400
From: Dickens Odhiambo
Subject: RE: Kenya is a Sell-out

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Check out

— On Tue, 8/12/08, Rasna Warah wrote:

From: Rasna Warah
Subject: Re: Kenya is a Sell-out
Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2008, 10:08 AM

The article does not say where article was published. Please cite source.

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Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:39:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: Judy Miriga
Subject: Re: Kenya is a Sell-out – East African Standard