From: Elijah Kombo

We couldn’t have gone thus far on Tobiko’s case. The sanhedrin committee chaired by Francis Atwoli cleared Tobiko Keriako. The team is funded by Kenyans. Atwoli, the owner of a 33 million Mercedeez benz had not reason to thoroughly vet Keriako. He knew that this man will protect me when cases of corruption come up. At his age, Francis ATWOLI is not sound enough to chair a committee. If you have ever been near Atwoli, you will discover how disconnected he is. He doesnt exercise concentration when attending meetings. His phone is alway on and normally excuses himself in a middle of conversation to receive a call. He never answers question directed at him as COTU Secretary General without threats.

How is the constitution allowing Atwoli to chair such an important committee? What did they consider to have him as the chairman? Who pays him to chair such a committee? Politics, politics, politics! Yes politics. He has a lot of respect for President Kibaki and thinks he is one of the greatest leaders in Africa. “Were it not for the Constitution, this man (Kibaki) would still retain the Presidency in 2012. He is democratic,” he categorically says. On Prime minister Raila Odinga, he says, “He is a terrible mobiliser with poor advisers.” Daily Nation quoted “Yet Atwoli’s lifestyle is one of the most privileged in the country. One of his Mercedes Benz cars- an S300 model- is said to be the only one of its kind on Kenyan roads. It was delivered to him last year at a cost of a cool Sh30 million. Only months earlier, another was imported from Germany”.

The semi illiterate man says “Maneno ya elimu wachana nayo. (Leave education matters out). I’m telling all about my life in a book that is coming out soon,” he tersely deflects my curiosity on just where he went to school. Some records say he attended St Mary’s High School in Machakos in 1963′. The DN continues on Atwoli’s sacking in 1967 ‘Elected a shop steward for the East Africa Posts and Telecommunication Corporation in 1967, he was sacked in 1986 “in the public interest”. Public interest, so to say!

On the same spirit of public interest, Atwoli was given the job of interviewing the Chief Public Prosecutor, and settled on Tobiko Keriako. During the vetting, Tobiko was categorical that he will deliver given a conducive environment.

PLO “When Kanu was removed from power, Keriako very quickly developed good rapport with the then Minister for Constitutional Affairs Murungi Kiraitu and was eventually appointed as the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP),” said Prof Lumumba. PLO is also a beneficiary of the former regimes just like Mutula Kilonzo. These lawyers should not take adavntage of the public ignorance over their past deeds. They cannot deny this.

While the public is wondering, the briefcace thieves are smarting their ways to riches through corruption and impunity!

Regards

Kombo Elijah