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	Kenyan ministers quit over corruption scams - Boston.com
		The recent resignation of his finance minister and the dismissal on Monday of his personal assistant mean the president has now lost four key allies this month in one of Africa's biggest corruption scandals of recent times.
		Allegations by Githongo that several of Kibaki's ministers were involved in Anglo Leasing have badly damaged the government, which came to power in 2002 on vows to end the graft that had mired east Africa's biggest economy in poverty.
		Many Kenyans are outraged by the suggestion that senior officials may have been lining their own pockets while roads remain potholed, electricity is expensive and supply patchy, and millions face starvation because of prolonged drought.
	www.boston.com /news/world/africa/articles/2006/02/13/kenyan_ministers_resign_over_corruption_scandals (705 words)

	Mail & Guardian Online: Africa
		Two Kenyan ministers resigned on Monday over claims that they had looted millions of pounds from the Treasury in two separate corruption scandals that have shaken the government of President Mwai Kibaki and angered foreign donors.
		Kenyan police have arrested the owner of an unfinished Nairobi building whose collapse last month is thought to have killed at least 14 people and injured more than 100, officials said on Wednesday.
		Minister of Energy and Minerals Ibrahim Msabaha said power will be cut during the day from 8am to about 5pm local time.
	www.earthyear.co.za /articleList.aspx?area=east_africa (1142 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Clashes within Kenya's fractious ruling coalition extended last week to involve government policies, with Lands and Housing Minister Amos Kimunya declaring that the ongoing evictions in forests were a Cabinet decision and would continue, in defiance of his Environment Ministry counterpart Kalonzo Musyoka, who is opposed to the exercise.
		Speaking in Nakuru, the minister, who is a lawyer, said the evictions were against the law and he would not endorse them because the land carved out of forests had title deeds "which were recognised by the government."
		But it is instructive that Finance Minister David Mwiraria made no protest when hundreds of his constituents were evicted from Sirimon area of Mt Kenya forest in February.
	www.ogiek.org /news/news-post-05-04-2.htm (1389 words)

	Kenyan ministers to lead delegation to Obama fete
		Cabinet Minister Raphael Tuju will lead a government delegation to the official swearing-in ceremony of US Senator-elect Barrack Obama.
		Roads Minister Raila Odinga will, however, lead members of the family and a group of Nyanza MPs to the January 3, 2005, fete.
		His victory was a joy for Kenyans who see him as an African representative to the Senate.
	www.eastandard.net /archives/cl/hm_news/news.php?articleid=9556 (397 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Latest News - International - Two more Kenyan Ministers resign
		Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has announced the resignations of his energy and education ministers in corruption scandals.
		In an address on state-owned television, Kibaki said the two ministers had left government to allow for investigations into corruption scandals implicating them to be carried out.
		George Saitoti, who was education minister, has been implicated in Kenya's biggest financial scandal, a scam dating back to the early 1990s and to Kibaki's predecessor.
	news.scotsman.com /latest_international.cfm?id=227952006 (279 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Africa \| Kenyan ministers linked to clashes
		A report has recommended that prominent current and former Kenyan ministers be investigated for their alleged roles in tribal clashes.
		It also names four former ministers, including William ole Ntimama, who resigned last week to join the opposition National Rainbow Coalition, as among those who should be investigated.
		Mr Wako says there is no likelihood of tribal clashes erupting before this year's elections, however our reporter in Nairobi says the report is bound to slightly distract Kenyans from their passioned debate on who will be the country's next president.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/2340505.stm (412 words)

	People's Daily Online -- Kenyan leader asked to sack more ministers over graft scandals
		Kenyan opposition lawmakers Tuesday demanded more resignations of ministers serving in President Mwai Kibaki's besieged government after holding a closed- door informal parliamentary session to press for the recall of parliamentary sittings.
		President Mwai Kibaki announced on Monday in a televised speech that he had received the resignations of Murungi and Education Minister George Saitoti, who was the vice president and finance minister when the country lost 600 million dollars in a separate deal.
		Murungi is the third minister to lose his portfolio in the Anglo Leasing wave after former Internal Security Minister Chris Murungaru was sacked from the cabinet and Finance Minister David Mwiraria also resigned under public pressure.
	english.people.com.cn /200602/15/eng20060215_242772.html (412 words)

	Sub Sahara Africa - 1998-99
		Shri S S Barnala, Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Consumer Affairs visited Dakar, Senegal on 7-10 November 1998 to attend the foundation laying ceremony as Chief Guest of the project of Industries Chimique Du Senegal in which IFFCO is an equity partner.
		Shri Kashiram Rana, the Minister of Textiles led a delegation of the Indian jute industry to Nigeria, Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire in August 1998 for promoting export of hydro-carbon free jute bags to the West African region.
		Prime Minister, Shri A B Vajpayee, led the Indian delegation to the NAM Summit in Durban in September 1998.
	www.indianembassy.org /policy/Foreign_Policy/FP_1999/Sub_Sahara_Africa_FP_98-99.html (2648 words)

	DC Indymedia: Corruption IN Kenya Blamed On "Missing Link"
		Kenyan ministers responded by accusing Sir Edward of being "an incorrigible liar" and an "enemy of the government".
		On Monday the lands minister, Amos Kimunya, called for the arrest of the British envoy for allegedly using leaked government files as the basis for his attack.
		Mr Odinga claimed that the reshuffling of suspect ministers "is like saying to them: You have eaten enough from this side, now go and eat from the other side".
	dc.indymedia.org /newswire/display/118325/index.php (1175 words)

	ZWNews.com - linking the world to Zimbabwe
		But Justice Minister Robinson Githae told the BBC that the money may already be elsewhere.
		"Kenyans are seeing what they have lost, the years of development that have been stolen from them," Ms Otieno said.
		Among those targeted by the investigation are a number of serving and former officials and ministers, who served under former President Daniel arap Moi, and Kenyans are expecting them to face sanctions when the inquiry reconvenes in January.
	www.zwnews.com /print.cfm?ArticleID=8224 (662 words)

	AngolaPress - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The ministers will determine the fate of Uganda`s bid to import raw materials duty free to be used to enhance its industrialisation and make a final decision on a number of issues, among them the importation of rice and second-hand clothing.
		The ministers, meeting last year, ruled that Pakistanis be allowed to export rice to Kenya and pay 35 percent duty until a solution is found.
		Kenyan officials said they would also seek to put an end to the expulsion of its businessmen from Tanzania following the departure of six senior journalists working for the Kenyan media conglomerate, the Nation Media Group in Tanzania.
	www.angolapress-angop.ao /noticia-e.asp?ID=370036 (500 words)

	The EastAfrican on the Web
		The Kenyan leader's unwillingness to engage with the media except in the most scripted and perfunctory manner stood in stark contrast to President George W. Bush's accommodating approach to journalists covering the Kibaki visit.
		Perhaps partly because of his lack of media savvy, the Kenyan head of state was unable to elicit positive responses from President Bush to any of his most important public requests.
		On its part, the Kenyan delegation failed to back up its claims that the country is safe and that the travel advisories are thus an unfair impediment to economic recovery.
	www.nationaudio.com /News/EastAfrican/13102003/Regional/Regional36.html (1479 words)

	ScienceDaily: Kenyan ministers accused of corruption
		The 91-page report suggests the president had full knowledge of his ministers' alleged involvement in graft but took no action, the newspaper said.
		Kenyan official quits amid leasing scandal (February 1, 2006) -- Kenyan Finance Minister David Mwiraria has resigned amid a multimillion-dollar graft scandal that has rocked the African nation's government, a...
		Kenyan drought leaves citizens desperate (January 8, 2006) -- Kenya is struggling through another drought -- and another nationwide bout with starvation.
	www.sciencedaily.com /upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20060123-21033500-bc-kenya-corrupt.xml (579 words)

	Kenyan ministers 'admitted plotting to steal millions' : Mail & Guardian Online
		A cabal of key ministers, top civil servants and businessmen plotted to steal hundreds of millions of dollars from the Kenyan exchequer, according to a confidential dossier compiled by the country's exiled former anti-corruption tsar.
		He alleges that two ministers finally admitted that the money was for party political campaigning.
		Githongo, who was known for keeping detailed records of all meetings, chronicles a series of admissions by ministers, as well as growing pressure from colleagues to abandon his inquiries, death threats and a ministerial attempt to flmail him into silence.
	www.mg.co.za /articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__africa/&articleid=262050 (750 words)

	CNN.com - Kenyan ministers resign amid corruption probes - Feb 13, 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		George Saitoti, who was education minister, has been implicated in Kenya's biggest financial scandal, a scam dating to the early 1990s and to Moi.
		The energy and finance ministers and Kibaki's assistant were among several high-ranking officials named in a dossier Githongo made public last month.
		Saitoti was vice president and finance minister during the early years of the scandal.
	www.cnn.com /2006/WORLD/africa/02/13/kenya.corruption.ap (427 words)

	Panapress Official Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan authorities are expected to freeze bank accounts of individuals and corporate firms suspected to have benefited directly or indirectly from proceeds of the US$600 million Goldenberg financial scandal in the country, a private daily reported here Wednesday, quoting a government source.
		Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki on Monday announced the resignation of two of his ministers implicated in a US$100 million graft scandal and at the same time fired his private secretary and long- serving aide in a fresh anti-graft campaign to cleanse his scam-riddled inner circle.
		Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan NGO dealing with children related activities has alarmed the plight of more than 500,000 pupils reported to be among an estimated 3.5 million Kenyans severely affected by the current drought raving the Eastern African country.
	www.panapress.com /paysindexlat.asp?code=eng025 (793 words)

	Two Kenyan ministers quit over corruption scams. 14/02/2006. ABC News Online
		Two Kenyan ministers have quit after being linked to corruption scandals that have shaken President Mwai Kibaki's Government and angered foreign donors to the east African nation.
		Mr Saitoti was finance minister in the early 1990s under former President Daniel arap Moi when Goldenberg - a billion dollar scandal in which public funds were stolen in a bogus gold and diamond export scheme, emerged.
		Allegations by Mr Githongo that several of Mr Kibaki's ministers were involved in Anglo Leasing have badly damaged the government, which came to power in 2002 on vows to end the graft that had mired east Africa's biggest economy in poverty.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200602/s1569253.htm (521 words)

	CNN.com - Site Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Up to 2,000 Kenyans peacefully took to the streets on Friday to demand more resignations of senior government officials linked to corruption scandals that have rocked East Africa's richest country.
		Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki on Monday announced the resignations of his energy and education ministers amid corruption scandals.
		Denmark is urging its citizens to leave Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, citing a threat from an extremist group over the publication of drawings of Islam's Prophet Mohammed in a Danish newspaper.
	search.cnn.com /cnn/search?source=cnn&invocationType=search/top&sites=cnn&query=Kenya (472 words)

	Kenyan ministers investigated
		Nairobi - Kenyan authorities are investigating a number of cabinet ministers over corruption allegations, officials said on Friday, amid furious foreign criticism of the government on graft, officials said on Friday.
		The Daily Nation, quoting a report by Kenya's chief auditor Evans Mwai, said the lawmakers were suspected of defrauding the government of 37 million shillings ($498 000), mostly in falsified travel allowance claims, between January and September 2003.
		News of the investigations of senior officials came a day after Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, besieged by an international furore over alleged graft in his government, renewed a vow to clamp down on corruption.
	www.news24.com /News24/AnanziArticle/0,,2-11-1447_1674974,00.html (436 words)

	People's Daily Online -- Kenyan president makes new ministerial appointments
		Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki on Tuesday made new ministerial appointments after three of his ministers resigned over graft accusations recently.
		According to a statement from the state house, President Kibaki appointed Minister for Lands Amos Kimunya as the new Minister for Finance with immediate effect.
		Former finance minister David Mwiraria resigned on Feb. 1 over allegations of corruption, becoming the first minister in the east African nation to take such decision.
	english.people.com.cn /200602/15/eng20060215_242846.html (327 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Kenyan ministers in fatal plane crash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		A plane carrying senior members of Kenya's new government crashed yesterday, killing one minister and the two pilots, and leaving three ministers and several members of parliament seriously injured.
		The Kenyan vice-president, Kijana Wamalwa, said three ministers were in a "critical condition" after the crash.
		The three are the tourism minister Raphael Tuju, and two of Kenya's first women to make the cabinet: the minister of state in the office of the president, Linah Kilimo, and the water minister, Martha Karua.
	www.guardian.co.uk /kenya/story/0,12689,882026,00.html (571 words)

	IOL: Kenyan ministers deny role in graft scandal
		Nairobi - Kenyan ministers accused of links to a multi-million-dollar corruption scandal denied responsibility as pressure mounted on President Mwai Kibaki's government on Monday to punish the guilty parties.
		The minister, who was justice minister when the Anglo Leasing scandal surfaced in 2004, added: "At no time during my tenure as Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs did I interfere with or obstruct any anti-corruption investigation."
		Long before the latest Anglo Leasing revelations, Kenyans have been listing official corruption as one of their chief concerns in a nation where many of the 32 million population live on less than a dollar a day.
	www.int.iol.co.za /index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=qw1138005721426B252 (718 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Africa \| Kenyan 'graft' ministers resign
		Mr Murungi, previously justice minister, was alleged to have been recorded asking John Githongo, Kenya's former chief anti-corruption investigator, to slow down a corruption inquiry.
		David Mwiraria resigned as finance minister at the start of February after being implicated in the scandal, in which contracts were awarded to a company that existed in name only.
		Mr Saitoti stood down as education minister because of allegations of involvement in the country's biggest corruption scandal.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/2/hi/africa/4710138.stm (372 words)

	tribuneindia... World
		In Athens, three ministers resigned amid heavy criticism over the harbouring of Ocalan in Nairobi and his subsequent capture by Turkey — an act viewed in Greece as humiliation at the hands of an arch-rival.
		Outgoing Finance Minister Nyachae, appointed early last year, had been due to hold talks soon with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the resumption of a $ 205 million enhanced structural adjustment facility frozen in 1997, largely because of high-level corruption.
		The Chinese response, in reply to a question, came after Defence Minister George Fernandes recently expressed optimism that the day was not very far when a stage would be reached for starting a bus service between India and China on lines similar to that of Delhi-Lahore bus service.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99feb20/world.htm (2431 words)

	PJM News - Writethru: Kenyan ministers, top presidential aide quit in new anti-graft purge (7343779/XIN) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Education Minister and former vice president George Saitoti and Energy Minister Kiraitu Murungi, a close ally of the president, resigned under pressure after fresh revelations before a parliamentary committee currently in London.
		He said the resignations were part of his last week's pledge to continue a "decisive and far-reaching" anti-corruption clampdown, asserting after a cabinet meeting that it would mark a new phase in his campaign which will include high-profile prosecutions.
		The Kenyan leader said he would galvanize local, regional and international expertise in his new anti-corruption crusade, saying he was aware that Kenyans desire to bring to an end the specter of mega-corruption scandals in order to focus on national development.
	news.pajamasmedia.com /politics/2006/02/13/7343779_Writethru_Kenyan.shtml (751 words)

	Democratic Underground Forums - Plane carrying Kenyan ministers crashes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Labor Minister Ahmad Mohamed Khalif was killed in the accident, Kabira said.
		Western Province police chief Peter Kimanthi confirmed the deaths and said the jet hit a house near the airstrip as it struggled to gain altitude on takeoff.
		A friend just relayed this bit of news (her husband is Kenyan) and the great hope that this has brought to his family.
	www.democraticunderground.com /duforum/DCForumID61/12491.html (408 words)

	Top Kenyan ministers face corruption allegations : Mail & Guardian Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		There was widespread speculation in the Kenyan media that the money had been originally destined for the pockets of private individuals.
		The politicians form part of what the Kenyan media has dubbed "The Mt Kenya Mafia", a coterie of advisers, recruited partly from Kibaki's own Kikuyu tribe, which gathered around the 74-year-old president after the opposition stormed to victory in elections in December 2002.
		But to date only two permanent secretaries have been charged in Kenyan courts, and there is a widespread belief in Kenya that civil servants were made scapegoats for decisions taken further up.
	www.mg.co.za /articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__africa/&articleid=261861 (1101 words)

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