The time has come when the truth has to come out on what happened about the intended release of the now -�much talked about – Michelle Obama tape and the Imam’s document on Obama.

Many may have believed to this day that there was�no deal between API and Fox News Network. We can now say there was a deal and API will take legal action against two Fox News Network employees who broke the agreement�on the tape.

API has investigated the case and has found out that the two officers did not inform their superiors about the deal they entered with API. Therefore, API has taken a decision to sue the two employees for having deprived Americans the truth, and yet they had taken the responsibility on behalf of Fox News Network to enable the release of the tape after its verification.

API will be suing for financial compensation and the return of the tapes.

More details on how much the compensation being sought amounts to, and who the two officers are – a man and a woman -�will be made public the same time the case is being filed in the court.

The lawyers who handled the situation will also be enjoined in the case and made answerable for the failure to release the tapes and the Imam’s document on the Birth of Obama as agreed.

Many readers may have thought that API has misled them on the tape existence. This has caused a great deal of confusion. The readers have not understood that API’s hands were tied because of signed agreements that does not allow any party to make the signed documents public.

In court, however, parties have the right to produce the documents backing the case without being accused by any one for breaking agreed terms – not to make anything public.

API is hoping that by the order from the court, that the tapes and the Imam document will be made public by the same people who had taken the responsibility. API will seek orders from the court to direct the two Fox News Network Officers to take the responsibility and complete what they took upon themselves almost 3 months ago.

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Chief Editor Korir – African Press International.

Danger on the horizon:

Preventing Lawlessness

(Editorial)

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Mogadishu (Somalia) – With the abrupt departure of former President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed from the national scene, the calculated decision of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to withdraw his occupation forces by the first week of 2009 (without the necessary AU or UN forces to replace them) and the multitude of armed factions mushrooming all over the country, Somalia once again is entering into a more pronounced dangerous period.

It is a period, unless critical steps are taken, the Djibouti peace pact between the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia and its newly found partner the Alliance for the Restoration of Somalia (ARS) may be tested if not completely undermined.
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It was only 19 years ago, in January 1991 when the jubilant forces of the USC opposition groups victoriously marched on to Mogadishu effectively driving former dictator Mohamed Siad Barre and his government out of power and without any strategic vision beyond capturing the capital city�thus creating opportunity for chaos, lawlessness and the refueling of age old ethnic rivalries that in short period propelled itself into an all out civil war. With the ensuing madness and anarchy for the following 19 years and after the death of hundreds of thousands of innocent lives and the destruction of valuable national resources and infrastructure, Somalia is yet to emerge and regain its status as a sovereign state at peace with itself and its neighbors.
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What does January 2009 has in common with January 1991 one may ask?�
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The fear that many Somali nationalists and international observers ponder at this critical juncture is that unless the transition period is carefully choreographed – especially the departure of the Ethiopian troops and their immediate if not instant replacement by well organized local forces – history may unavoidably repeat itself once again!

In the eyes of many war-weary Somalis, a new and more intense danger looms large over Somalia during this transition more so than anytime during the civil war. This is because with the imminent departure of the Ethiopian forces and the absence of international peace keeping forces or agreed-upon security arrangement among the Somalis, armed groups of Somalia who do not share mutual respect and a common national agenda as well as lack proper military training and the ethics of warfare may turn their guns to each other and to the Somali people. To avoid this probable clash of the warring militias, the TFG and the Alliance as well as other armed groups must create a predetermined and publicly announced understanding acknowledging roles of the different militia groups, rules of engagement and responsibilities in maintaining law and order thus protecting civilians, national institutions and infrastructure from lawless elements within society.
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Once the veil of occupation is removed, many fear that a typically short-lived joy and exuberance on the part of the victors and their supportive masses may pave the way for the return of lawlessness, anarchy and a return to warlordism and clan fiefdoms.
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What a better argument for occupation, one might say, by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to showcase to the world the effect of his forces in keeping Somalia together, than to demonstrate footage of a chaotic Mogadishu under siege from gun fire between warring factions and a return to impulsive looting by credulous and poverty stricken Somalis in places such as Villa Somalia, Bakaaraha market and other public centers vacated by the Ethiopian forces!
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Strategies for a successful and orderly transition:

� The Somali people through their national political forces, elders, religious leaders and activists, must acknowledge that it is their responsibility to put their house in order and the international community is only there to help them. The sooner the Somali leadership understands this, the better.
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�� The international community under the leadership of Ambassador Ahmadou Ould Abadallah has thus far successfully engineered the Djibouti peace process and must continue its implementation without delay. Mr. Abdallah needs to be mindful of the many spoilers inside and outside of the government and the opposition groups whose alliances change depending on their mood at that particular occasion. The international community must insist on all parties including Ethiopia to meet their obligations under the agreement.
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�� Interim TFG President Aden Mohamed Nur �Madobe� and Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein must reassure the Somali people and communicate with them directly explaining what it is that they are trying to achieve. Leadership in Somalia should not continue to be condescending, authoritative and outright abusive to the masses. These politicians must acknowledge the hardships and inhumane conditions that befell on the Somali society for the past two decades.
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�� The leaders of ARS must transform themselves into national figures with the capacity to govern and must commit to the fulfillment of the Djibouti peace process. They must demand from Ambassador Abadallah and the international community that Ethiopian forces should leave under a predetermined timetable allowing the TFG-ARS security commission time to strategize on effective replacements, while maintaining law and order throughout the country.
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�� Finally, when the Ethiopians depart from Somalia (and we hope this will be by the time we post this editorial piece), the Asmara based wing of the Alliance, Al Shabaab and other armed groups must NOT wage war against the Somali people. There is not excuse for shedding Somali blood. Whosoever wants political power – which is what many knowingly or unknowingly are indeed fighting for – they should seek such a mandate from the Somali people. Lording over citizens through the barrel of the gun had not worked for Siyad Barre, Meles Zenawi, Abdullahi Yusuf, Saddam Hussein, Mogadishu warlords and other dictators of the world- and it would NOT work for all wings of the ARS, the TFG, Al- Shabaab or any one group far that matter.

source: Hiraan Online (Mogadishu/USA) - January 5, 2009.

Lagos (Nigeria) – Lagos � On

�Wednesday, January 7

, Professor John Evans Attah-

Mills was sworn-in as Ghana’s

fifth democratically elected

President after the end of

military rule in 1992.

Attah-Mills was yesterday declared winner of the tightly contested presidential election by the Chairman, Ghana’s Electoral Commission, Dr. Kwadwo Afari-Gyan having defeated Nana Akufo-Addo, candidate of the ruling party, New Patriotic Party (NPP).

Although, unlike the American President-elect, Senator Barack Obama, who had several weeks after his November elections to put his team together, Atta Mills has just three days to begin work on selection of the team that would go with him to the Jubilee House situated right in the heart of Great Accra, the capital of Ghana. Jubilee House, an aesthetic structure newly constructed to house both the Presidency and parliament is an initiative in commemoration of Ghana’s Independence.

He was the country’s Vice President between 1992 to 2000, working with then President Jerry Rawlings.

Atta Mills was born on July 21, 1944, at Tarkwa in the Western Region of Ghana. He hails from Ekumfi Otuam in the Mfantsiman East Constituency of the Central region.

He was educated at the renowned Achimota Secondary School, where he completed the Advanced Level Certificate in 1963. He later attended the University of Ghana, Legon and bagged a bachelor’s degree as well as a professional certificate in Law in 1967.

With a Ph.D in Law from the prestigious School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London at age 27, Atta Mills was selected as a Fulbright scholar at the equally prestigious Stanford Law School in the United States of America. This was made feasible having successfully defended his doctoral thesis, majoring in taxation and economic development.

His first job was as a lecturer at the Faculty of Law at his alma mater, the University of Ghana, Legon. He spent about 25 years imparting knowledge at Legon and other institutions of higher learning, and later rose to associate professor cadre.

Atta Mills has more than a dozen publications to his credit. They include: Taxation of Periodical or Deferred Payments arising from the Sale of Fixed Capital (1974), Exemption of Dividends from Income taxation: A critical Appraisal7), Report of the Tax Review Commission, Ghana, parts 1,2&3, (1977) and Ghana’s Income Tax laws and the Investor. (An inter-faculty lecture published by the University of Ghana).

His expertise also goes beyond the classroom. This is evident in the various examiner positions he held with finance related institutions throughout Ghana like the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Institute of Bankers, Ghana Tax Review Commission.

A sports lover, Atta-Mills has supported the academic community and the nation at large through his contribution to the Ghana Hockey Association, National Sports Council of Ghana, and Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club. He is a keen hockey player and once played for the national team. He is still a member of the Veterans Hockey Team.

He is however assuming office at a time the former Gold Coast is warming up to join the comity of oil producing countries.

source.

This Day (Nigeria - January 5, 2009.

Johannesburg (South Africa) – Being Mrs Jacob Zuma is no walk in the park. Some of his wives have stuck it out for decades, but others opted out of sharing their lives with the notorious Lothario who, in his rape trial, publicly admitted in court to having sex with an HIV-positive woman who is not one of his wives.

The 65-year-old, probably the country�s most prominent polygamist, has been married at least five times and is father to more than a dozen children. The big question on everyone�s lips is: who will he take as first lady should he win the race for the ANC presidency and thereby land the job of President of South Africa?

Unashamedly a traditionalist, Zuma acknowledges all his wives and once told a television interviewer: �There are plenty of politicians who have mistresses and children that they hide so as to pretend they�re monogamous. I prefer to be open. I love my wives and I�m proud of my children.�

He is still married to his first wife, Sizakele Khumalo, whom he met in 1959. The quiet and painfully shy MaKhumalo, as she is affectionately known, lives at Zuma�s R1.5-million homestead in Nkandla in rural northern KwaZulu-Natal, where he spent part of this week.

While serving the ANC in exile in the 1980s, Zuma took two other brides � Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, then a medical officer in paediatrics at Swaziland�s Mbabane Government Hospital, and Kate Mantsho Zuma, then a Mozambican airline staffer.

He had four children with Dlamini-Zuma, now Minister of Foreign Affairs, but the couple divorced in June 1998 due to �irreconcilable differences�.

Zuma had five children with Kate, who committed suicide on December 8 2000 after apparent strained relations with her husband. It was her tragic death that gave the first real insight into a Zuma wife�s life. In a suicide note she handed the Rev Frank Chikane, Kate just about barred Zuma from her funeral.

�Strictly my dear children, my maternal family to attend. From the Zumas only Bro Mike and all the Mzobe family.� Her bitterness is further captured as she addressed him about the need to care for their children in the hand- written letter. �Please, Please will you take care of my dear children, you must not let them starve since I�ll be gone, pay their school fees to enable them to further their studies. �Revisit your obligations as a Father to have Love/Passion for your own children.�

Zuma�s fourth wife, Mantuli, is a housewife. The two met through social circles a few years before their marriage five years ago. Zuma has two children with her � a five-year-old daughter and seven-month-old son. Mantuli says she prefers to keep out of the Zuma �spotlight� and doesn�t like the publicity and hype surrounding his public life. She moves between a R5-million Durban home that is being leased to Zuma at a �nominal� rent and Zuma�s traditional homestead at Nkandla.

Zuma recently paid lobolo to a younger wife, 35-year-old Thobeka Stacy Mabhija, with whom he has two children. The second is barely three months old. Mabhija, who works at a cellphone company in Durban, is an elegant woman known for designer outfits. She is said to have spread the word around Durban social circles that she was going to be South Africa�s next first lady. This week she denied it.

Don Mkhwanazi, a trustee of the Friends of Jacob Zuma Trust, told the Sunday Times this week that Zuma was likely to be guided by tradition when deciding whose name to submit to the Spousal Office in the Office of the Presidency in Pretoria. Mkhwanazi said although he had not discussed the issue with Zuma, the president-in-waiting would surely be dictated to by tradition and choose his first wife, Sizakele. �MaKhumalo is one of the most supportive of his wives and Msholozi [Zuma�s clan name] has a lot of respect for her,� said Mkhwanazi.

Several Zuma aides who spoke to the Sunday Times on condition of anonymity said the ANC deputy president held his first wife in high regard and said she would possibly be the one, citing a number of occasions when he paid tribute to her resilience and will of steel in his speeches. When the University of Zululand conferred an honorary degree on him in 2001, Zuma described his wife as an amazing person who had shared the better part of his life as �a wife, a friend, a sister and a mother to me � Sizakele Gertrude Zuma.

�Her loyalty and commitment to me has been an extraordinary one,� said Zuma in his speech. �As a girlfriend, she waited for 10 years and six months for me while I was imprisoned on Robben Island. As a wife she waited for 14 years and a half when I was in exile. �She indeed suffered a lot because of her loyalty, love and commitment to me.�

A senior official in the Office of the Presidency said the position of a first lady was a ceremonial one and that, if Zuma assumed power, he could choose any one of his women to be the country�s first lady. �There is no fast rule to say this can be done or cannot be done,� said the source. �He can choose any one of his wives, or one of his daughters as Nelson Mandela did when he separated from Winnie.�

Source.The Times (South Africa - January 5, 2009.

Mogadishu (Somalia) – Does Somalia have any chance of ever returning to peace?

That is the question on everyone�s lips as debate rages over whether the recent resignation of president Abdullahi Yusuf could further destabilise Somalia or present an opportunity for a fresh, workable realignment of forces in the country. Abdullahi, who was elected to head the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in 2004 in Nairobi, has achieved very little in the years since and was of late seen as a stumbling block rather than an agent of the restoration of peace in Somalia.

While the withdrawal of Ethiopian forces, beginning Friday last week, has also added to the anxiety, the situation is further complicated by the fact that the mandate of the TFG is scheduled to end by December 2009 and attempts to renew the mandate of a government that does not enjoy legitimacy in the eyes of the people will only lead to further divisions.

Experts in Somali affairs such as Bethuel Kiplagat are now urging all interested parties in Somalia, especially the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (Igad), to move quickly to ensure that the Somalia peace process holds.

However, Mr Kiplagat � the Kenyan diplomat who was the chief mediator in the Somali peace talks � is optimistic that the TFG can pick up from where Abdullahi Yusuf left off if the Somalis stick to the Charter that was agreed upon in Nairobi in 2004. That Charter (constitution) stipulates that a president can either resign or be impeached, to be replaced by the Speaker of parliament; and the Speaker, Sheikh Aden Madobe, has duly taken over.

Mr Kiplagat�s view is in line with those who see the exit of Abdullahi Yusuf and the withdrawal of Ethiopian forces as an opportunity to re-launch a credible political process that could bring together the TFG and the Islamic moderates, the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia, which signed the Djibouti Accord in August last year.

The question is whether the parliament will remain intact or disintegrate, given that it is composed of former warlords, including Abdullahi Yusuf himself, who were all included as Members of Parliament to block them from returning to their clan or sectional enclaves and resuming fighting among themselves.

Once the Ethiopians complete their withdrawal, the small, ill-equipped African Union force may well follow suit if other African states do not quickly send more peacekeeping personnel to Somalia.

The hardline militants, al-Shabaab, have vowed to continue waging war until Somalia becomes an Islamic state.

But if the Somalis can hold on to the Charter, then stability could just be attained. �The point is that you cannot continue to have a government that does not enjoy the support of the people and it is time the parties embrace the Djibouti Accord if the peace process is to succeed,� said Mr Kiplagat.
The Djibouti Accord was signed in August 2008 and brought together the TFG and the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia, led by Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, the former leader of the Union of Islamic Courts. The objective was to create a powerful political alliance, capable of stabilising the country, marginalising the radicals and stemming the tide of Islamist militancy.

Still, the focus will be on Abdullahi Yusuf, who immediately after resigning retreated to his former base in Puntland, raising fears that he is planning to entrench himself in the semi-autonomous region and could refuse to co-operate with the future leader of the TFG.

A former warlord in the semi-autonomous Puntland, Abdullahi Yusuf was always considered too close to Ethiopia to bring the rest of the country together. Ethiopia and Somalia have a historic rivalry going back centuries and Abdullahi Yusuf was basically seen as a stooge by many who still harbour deep suspicion of Ethiopia�s designs, especially Addis Ababa�s policy in the Ogaden region, with its ethnic Somali population.

Under Abdullahi Yusuf�s leadership, the TFG failed over four years to create a broad-based government, with the president facing accusations of marginalising large parts of the population and exacerbating existing divisions. No part of the mandate that the TFG was given in 2004 has been implemented. This mandate included peace and reconciliation through a structured national healing programme, the strengthening of the federal regions and the democratisation of Somalia through a national general election.

The challenge for the next TFG leader is that a section of Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia, led by the controversial Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, had earlier maintained that it would not join the peace process when the Ethiopians go, nor work with TFG. Mr Aweys, who is based in Eritrea, refused to participate in the Djibouti talks and Somali observers suspect that he is more sympathetic to al-Shabaab, which he credits for defeating the TFG.

Equally significant is what steps the US takes following the withdrawal of Ethiopian troops and the resurgence of the Islamic militants. In late 2006, Ethiopian troops, with the support of the US, entered Somalia to oust the Islamic government, which the Pentagon suspected of harbouring Al Qaeda operatives.

Today, the Islamists are back, waging a brutal insurgency that has killed thousands of people and steadily gained ground against the Ethiopians, the TFG and their allies. Taking advantage of a power struggle inside the transitional government, al-Shabaab has already pushed within a few kilometres of Mogadishu, previously an Ethiopian and TFG stronghold.

Source: The East African (Kenya), by Fred Oluch – January 5, 2009.

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By AbdiAsis Ibrahim, API reporter in Mogadishu, Somali

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API- Mogadishu, Somalia, heavy fighting between Ethiopian troops and Al-shabaab insurgent group erupted near Dinsor town some 30 km south of Baidoa, the seat of the transitional parliament on Wednesday morning, and witnesses told API.

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On Tuesday the Ethiopian troops with more military trucks attacked Dinsor district and captured the town from Al-shabaab insurgent group.

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“Warriors from Al-shabaab forces with a heavy weapons re-captured Dinsor town,� Mustaf Ali Omar, resident in Dinsor told API.

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Officials from Al-shabab told reporters they have burnt a military vehicle from the Ethiopian troops and claimed they have inflicted heavy casualties to them.

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There are not any reports confirming the claim of the insurgents. Comments were not available from the Ethiopian and government officials.

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Locals say the fighting was heavy and lasted for about two hours.

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Ethiopian troops have been capturing towns in western Somalia from the insurgents for the past two weeks.

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Ethiopia invaded Somalia in 2006 to help defeat the Islamic Courts Union forces that ruled much of south and central Somalia.

New Zimbabwe government by

�the end of February

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Harare�- President Robert Mugabe has started a month-long annual leave, which could delay the formation of a government which a spokesman said was being prepared by the veteran leader.

Mugabe has fired nine ministers and three deputy ministers from his Zanu PF party who lost their seats in the March parliamentary elections.

It was the clearest sign yet that he may act on his threat to form a new government without the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) factions.

But by going on leave for the next four weeks, Mugabe may only be ready to form the new government from early February.

�This is more of a retreat than actual leave. The President is very busy … working on structures of an inclusive government which must come too soon,� George Charamba, Mugabe�s spokesman, told the state-owned Sunday Mail.

In its online edition on Monday, the state-run daily Herald newspaper said �a government was most likely to be in place by the end of February by which time it is expected that the three parliamentary political parties would have passed Constitutional Amendment Number 19 Bill and President Mugabe would have signed it into law.�

Mugabe traditionally spends his annual leave in the Far East but Charamba said the 84-year-old leader would only spend a small part of his leave outside Zimbabwe.

Mugabe, MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara, who heads a MDC splinter faction, signed a power-sharing pact on September 15 but it has been held up by a row over cabinet posts.

Under the deal, Mugabe would remain president and Tsvangirai would become prime minister. But Tsvangirai�s MDC says a new government cannot be formed because Mugabe allocated powerful ministries to his Zanu PF and relegated the MDC to a junior partner.

Rejecting an invitation from Mugabe to join government last week, Tsvangirai demanded a meeting with South African President Kgalema Motlanthe and Mugabe to �iron out these (outstanding) matters to the satisfaction of all parties.�

Tsvangirai, who left Zimbabwe on November 9, was in South Africa this week on a �diplomatic mission�, according to party officials. MDC sources say he is expected in Zimbabwe later this week.

source.Newzimbabwe.com (Zimbabwe/UK) – January 5, 2009.

Did the Director Achieng give contracts to his friends?

Who owns the company that got the contract from him? (API)

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Tourism officials in Sh64 million scandal

By Standard Team

A tour company used President Kibaki�s trip to the Masai Mara last August to defraud taxpayers of millions of shillings.

The one-day trip to the tourist resort to promote tourism following post-election slump cost taxpayers Sh20 million although all the President did was have lunch, and fly back to Nairobi.

But Presidential Press Service Director Isaiah Kabira said: “Presidential trips are never funded by parastatals. The President visited (Masai) Mara for a few hours and flew back to Nairobi without spending even a night.”

Dr Ong�ong�a Achieng�, the managing director of the Kenya Tourist Board at a past Press conference. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]�

He went on: “Let nobody drag the President�s name into their mess. They must account for their deeds and carry their own cross.”

Another trip to the Mara for permanent secretaries in October 2007 cost taxpayers Sh8.9 million, paid to a tour company associated with a Kenya Tourist Board (KTB) member.

Incidentally, the trip was funded by Kenya Association of Tour Operators (KATO) to the tune of Sh800,000.

Months earlier, KTB paid Sh35 million to a single-sourced company for outdoor advertising although Government auditors could not find evidence of any work undertaken.

As a consequence, the Treasury has suspended Sh12 billion-rescue package to revamp tourism, which has been on the decline since December 27, 2007 when post-election violence erupted and more than 1,500 people were killed.

A Sh1 billion marketing campaign had been instituted by KTB to counter bad press that saw tourist arrivals dwindle, and which could now form the basis of further investigation.

This morning, the KTB board sits to decide on the fate Managing Director Ong�ong�a Achieng, who was interdicted last month to pave the way for investigation.

Some of the claims relate to Sh35 million payment to Prime Outdoor Network in January and March last year, which was contracted without competitive bidding, contrary to the Public Procurement and Disposal Act. Direct payments were also made to Maniago Safaris by the Catering and Tourism Development Levy Trustees on the instructions of KTB without going through the approved channels, according to a letter from KTB Chairman Jake Grieves-Cook.

Irregular payments

According to correspondence The Standard has obtained, Achieng was interdicted on December 1, last year, and given two weeks to explain the irregular payments, some of which were raised by the ministry�s National Audit Office and the Efficiency Monitoring Office.

Achieng responded on December 9 in a letter to Grieves-Cook and copied to Tourism Minister Najib Balala and Permanent Secretary Rebecca Nabutola.

Achieng explained that he selected Prime Outdoor, among other reasons, because certain provisions in the Public Procurement and Disposal Act allowed for that.

The exemptions are: “If only one person can supply the goods, no reasonable alternative exists or there is an urgency for goods or services, as long as the purpose is not to avoid competition.”

Achieng further wrote: “It cannot be gainsaid that the circumstances of January 2008 fit all the four sections.” He defended the trip as “very beneficial to the industry” although no explanation was offered for double payment as KATO had paid Sh800,000 for the same trip.

The Efficiency Monitoring Unit (EMU), the Inspector General Corporations and Tourism ministry�s external auditors uncovered the fraud, while KTB held a meeting on December 10 to review the charges.

The meeting was chaired by Grieves-Cook and attended by nine KTB directors and representatives from the Treasury, Office of the President and Inspector of State Corporations, among others.

Conflict of interest

At the meeting, it was concluded that the services and payments in question “did not go through the approved procedures”, that there was undeclared conflict of interest by a board member and that “Prime Outdoor had not carried out any form of advertisement on behalf of KTB for which it had been paid Sh35 million”.

Maniago declined to comment yesterday, while Achieng�s phone went unanswered. He had declined to comment when contacted by The Standard on the telephone, saying he would make himself available for an interview. He did not.

Prime Outdoor representatives also declined to comment.

Neither the Tourism minister nor the PS or KTB chairman could be reached for comment.

Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission Public Relations Manager Nicholas Simani said they had not received any complaints from KTB.

Prime Outdoor is listed at the Registrar of Companies as having been formed on December 22, 2000, with Ignatius Obonyo Odhiambo and Francis Raudo as directors.

Maniago Safaris� file could not be traced at the Registrar of Companies but its website indicates that it was incorporated in 1998 after a buyout of Abercrombie & Kent. Its managing director is Mr Duncan Muriuki, who also sits on KTB board.

Source.standard.ke