Kenya: Biwott Dismisses Graft Report

2 September 2007

Nairobi — Keiyo South MP Nicholas Biwott yesterday scoffed at a report that details how a network in the Moi government looted billions of shillings from the public coffers through offshore companies.

Mr Biwott, a powerful minister during the Moi administration, absolved himself of any wrongdoing, saying he had neither secreted funds abroad nor looted Kenyan taxpayers' money. "The allegation that I have invested outside Kenya with commercial interests in Israel and Australia is equally false," he said.

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