Politics and policy
By KIARIE NJOROGE
Posted Friday, September 25 2015 at 16:26
Posted Friday, September 25 2015 at 16:26
In Summary
- He said that evidence shows that huge deposits and withdrawals were made from bank accounts belonging to several suspect companies and individuals. All the accounts are domiciled at Family Bank, KTDA branch.
- The DPP now wants the investigation to be conducted by a multi-faceted team including officials of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), the Central Bank of Kenya, the Financial Reporting centre (FRC) and the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA).
- Mr Tobiko has poked holes into an investigation report on the scandal conducted by the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI), citing multiple government agencies and people who ought to have been questioned by the investigators.
Mr Tobiko has poked holes into an
investigation report on the scandal conducted by the Directorate of
Criminal Investigation (DCI), citing multiple government agencies and
people who ought to have been questioned by the investigators.
The DPP now wants the
investigation to be conducted by a multi-faceted team including
officials of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), the
Central Bank of Kenya, the Financial Reporting centre (FRC) and the
Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA).
The NYS scandal has caused a
political storm with the opposition demanding that Ms Waiguru steps
aside. The NYS falls under her docket.
She has however protested her innocence, saying that she initiated the investigations by the DCI.
“The CS has not recorded a
statement regarding this matter. It is important that the CS records a
statement,” said Mr Tobiko in a statement released Friday.
He added that the scope of the DCI investigation was very limited and was only concerned with offences under the Penal Code.
Mr Tobiko said that the crimes
committed fell under multiple agencies and laws like Proceeds of Crime
and Anti-Money Laundering Act and the Prevention of Organised Crimes
Act.
HUGE DEPOSITS
He said that evidence shows that
huge deposits and withdrawals were made from bank accounts belonging to
several suspect companies and individuals. All the accounts are
domiciled at Family Bank, KTDA branch.
“It is not clear from the file
how such huge deposits and withdrawals could have been made without the
suspect transactions being reported to FRC and/ or CBK as required by
law,” said Mr Tobiko.
“No statement has been recorded
from any official of FRC or CBK. Furthermore, no statement has been
recorded from the relevant official of Family Bank.”
Mr Tobiko said that some aspects
of the fraud falls under the mandate of the EACC with regard to
corruption and public officers’ ethics.
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