إستقالة او (إقالة) وزير خارجية كينيا الذي كان خلف زيارة البشير في اغسطس

Quote: By LUCAS BARASA Posted Thursday, October 21 2010 at 18:54 Foreign Affairs minister Moses Wetang'ula has been put on his defence over irregularities in procurement of Kenya’s missions abroad where tax-payers allegedly lost millions of shillings Moving a motion of no confidence on Mr Wetang'ula, Defence and Foreign Relations Committee chairman gave shocking revelations of purchases of Kenya’s missions in Nigeria, Egypt, Pakistan, Belgium and Tokyo and called for Mr Wetang'ula and Permanent Secretary Thuita Mwangi to be removed from office. Mr Keynan said Parliament had already set precedents where Cabinet ministers including David Mwiraria, Amos Kimunya and Kiraitu Murungi who were implicated in graft were forced to step aside until they were cleared. “There must be something abnormal in our missions we want the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate,” Mr Keynan said, adding that since Mr Wetang'ula wants to vie for presidency in 2012 he should be a person of unquestioned moral standing The debate, however, ended prematurely after National Assembly Speaker Kenneth Marende adjourned to Tuesday. The House remained calm as Mr Keynan poked holes on Mr Wetang'ula, Mr Mwangi and other Foreign Affairs officials leadership adding that tax-payers were also saved between Sh800 million and Sh1 billion when his committee raised eyebrows over plans by the Ministry to construct presidential villas in Nairobi “during these days of insecurity". Mr Keynan said there has been a deliberate attempt by the Ministry to overvalue things it attempted to buy and undervalue those to be sold while conniving with senior officials. In Tokyo, he said, Kenya acquired an embassy without necessary departments, including valuation, being involved leading to purchase of property that could have cost Sh450 million at Sh1.75 billion. The building, Mr Keynan said is located in remote area like in Nairobi’s Ruai while the country had a chance to buy one in CBD where 80 other key missions are located. The MP accused Mr Wetang'ula of lying that it was Kenya’s former ambassador to Japan, Dennis Awori who signed the deal yet it was a Mr Allan Mburu. “We don’t have a valid agreement. The title we have is a product of fraudulent means,” Mr Keynan said. He said 80 percent of the Sh1.75 billion was paid in cash through an account of a private company owned by Mr Mburu without an agreement. In Cairo, Egypt, he said, some money said to have been used to buy Kenya’s embassy could not be accounted for. In Islamabad, Pakistan, the construction cost that was slated to be Sh366 million has been varied twice to Sh523 million yet the contractor had only done 40 percent and was not on site. In Brussels, Belgium, although Kenyan valuation put the property at three million euros, 850 more was paid for second hand furniture for a building constructed in 1920 “which we cannot use as we want". In Nigeria, Kenya sold its premises in a prime place in Lagos after the headquarters was moved to Abuja. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it was to use the money to build a chancery in Abuja but this was not done. The country now wants to rent an office as it is now housed by Kenya Airways in Lagos .