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NAIROBI A report by the international business consultancy Kroll has accused Daniel arap Moi, the former Kenyan President, of stealing up to £2 billion from his country during his 24-year reign, it emerged last night.
The 110-page report, commissioned in 2003 by the Kenyan Government after Mr Moi’s retirement, says that the former President, his family and associates amassed vast fortunes while he was in office, and invested much of it in Britain, the US, South Africa and Australia. Mr Moi’s two sons, Philip and Gideon, were said to be worth £384 million and £550 million. Some of the family wealth is said to be in British bank accounts.
Mr Moi, now 83, was replaced in 2002 by Mwai Kibaki, who had campaigned for cleaner government. His administration ordered the Kroll study, which was completed in 2004 but subsequently shelved when President Kibaki’s own Government became mired in corruption allegations, The Guardian reported.
Mr Moi remains a powerful political figure in Kenya and has recently backed Mr Kibaki for a second term as President.
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Thats it. I have been very disturbed because Kenyas dont have a person to help the helpless. We have 90% poverty in this country, and that means that 10% areGoverned by Kibaki because he is the president of the rich and not the poor. Our President is Raila Amollo Odinga, he has proved to be the People's president because he really cares for Kenyans, why are people judging our President Raila for nothing and yet he has never been given a chance to prove to Kenyans that he is the person sent by God to save this country. We are forced to pay taxes at an alarming rate while our children stay home for luck of fees and other necessary commodities. Please Mr. Kibaki, just peacefully get out of that seat, after all you stole it from us. We legally gave it to Our President Raila Amollo Odinga. Give peace by just surrendering it. I am telling you, God is watching you and may punish you severely if you do not give up this game of yours. Kenyans are dying while claiming for their right.
Josephine Nthiwa, Nairobi, Kenya
regardless of whether the report was leaked after Moi endorsed kibaki the fact is he and his friends owe kenyans that money and we want it back! what have the British got to do with this, a thief is a thief regardless of whether the person who brings you to book does so in the hope of getting a reward.
Peter Mureithi, Nairobi, Kenya
No wonder Mr. Moi endorsed current president to run for a second term recently. He is just finding ways to protect his wealth. He should be prosecuted and money repatriated back to Kenya. He is responsible for poverty in Kenya, a rapidly growing economy with economic growth rate of over 6%
Hillary Rono, London, UK
It is something common to Africa leaders. once should not take this thing as mugic, but ruotine in kenya and in Sudan. corruption willbe dead when those corrupted dieds for the seek for olderness. Howeve,r we should not give them space to do there corruption .We shouold bring them into justice.
It is true that Moi does not when kenya to be clean us kenyan need it. That is why he induce Kibaki for second time if not Kibaki one time said I am gonna be in power for one team and now he is still seeking other team that will not be allowed by kenyan.
Kenyan has right to electe a president that can develop a country from zero level to second level. Raila odinga being the mosdt trusted guy in klenya and he can develop kenya to another level .
Deng , Tukwila, WAs
very intresting ho the report was leaked just after moi annpunced he backed kibaki -its no secret the british are against kibaki -maybe they should explain why it too so long to leak this report .or why moi was allowed to deposite million in the uk. that would be a great start .
dirty and cheap politics will not stop the reelection of kibaki
joe, houston, texas
This has been the West's biggest failure, where the BIG men of Africa have been allowed to hide and invest their ill gotten gains.
Most of this money has often been lent to the African nations by the Brits and has never even left London. Meanwhile the African nation is paying back with interest without ever having gained from the capital injection in the first place.
Shame on you "righteous" western bankers and government who fail to carry out the simplest of credibility checks on these thugs. Isn't it amazing that people of such immense wealth are still holed up in deep Africa?
I wonder why.....
Richard, Rickmansworth,
Your candid reporting makes me look forward to your magazine.
Daniel Kyalo, Mombasa , Kenya
Excellent expose! We need more of them to shame those kleptocrats and put a permanent stop to the looting spree that has reduced our people to a state of living not even fit for wild animals.
Miguna Miguna, Ahero, Kenya
Make Debt History - what for? So so that corrupt African governments can start all over again!
Geoff Saunders, Glasogow, Scotland