Cord leaders on Wednesday did not present the much-publicised
“dossier” on the Karen land scandal to the anti-corruption agency for
the second time in a week.
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) detectives were kept waiting for hours.
The
officers had hoped to receive documents with evidence incriminating
prominent personalities in the grabbing of the Sh8 billion-land, as
claimed by the Cord leaders.
Senators James Orengo,
Boni Khalwale and Johnson Muthama had booked an appointment at the
commission’s headquarters at Integrity Centre in Nairobi at 9am.
The commission’s spokesperson, Mr Yasin Aila, said the detectives waited for two hours.
“We did not receive any formal communication from them but we established from the media that they would not be coming.
“A
commission investigation is proceeding well and we were not relying on
them to jumpstart the inquiries. However, if they have information, it
will boost what we already have,” he said.
“Cord
leaders who were to appear at the EACC to shed more light on the
contested land in Karen are currently meeting members of the public and
leaders who have come up with more damning information.
“Those
volunteering information include MPs who declined offers of plots on
the same land. The leaders will, therefore, not appear at Integrity
Centre this morning. A new date will be communicated,” Cord leader Raila
Odinga’s spokesman, Mr Dennis Onyango, said in a statement.
MASSIVE SCANDAL
The saga revolves around the 134-acre piece of land in Karen, Nairobi, which Cord claims is public property.
It
started as an ownership legal suit pitting companies associated with
businessman Horatius da Gama Rose and former National Social Security
Fund Managing Trustee Jos Konzolo.
The Opposition
entered the fray after allegations emerged that it was a massive land
grabbing scandal in which at least 40 MPs from the Jubilee Coalition and
senior government officials were involved.
The Cord
leaders held a press conference and adversely mentioned Deputy President
William Ruto and Lands Cabinet Secretary Charity Ngilu.
They
also mentioned Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero, Senator Mike Sonko,
Inspector-General of Police David Kimaiyo and Director of Criminal
Investigations Ndegwa Muhoro.
They have all denied the allegations.
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