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Kenya: Cabinet Committee Approves Grand Regency Probe Report
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The Nation (Nairobi)
3 July 2008
Posted to the web 3 July 2008
Anthony Kariuki
Nairobi
A Cabinet sub-committee has approved the probe report on the controversial sale of the Grand Regency Hotel, Prime Minister Raila Odinga has said.
The Finance, administration and planning committee has agreed on the need for Finance minister Amos Kimunya to step down to pave way for investigations and the sale of the hotel to be revoked.
The report was compiled by a five-man team led by Attorney General Amos Wako. Other members were: Lands minister James Orengo, Metropolitan Development minister Mutual Kilonzo, Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission director Aaron Ringera and Caroli Omondi of the Prime Minister's office.
The team was appointed by PM Raila Odinga to investigate the sale of the luxury hotel after it emerge that it was disposed off in an underhand manner.
But, a Cabinet meeting scheduled for 10am, where the recommendations of the Wako team were to be discussed, has been put off.
"The meeting has been put off because of unforeseen circumstances, but it will be convened soon," Mr Odinga told a news conference at Treasury.
He said that the committee also discussed issues on ethics, transparency and accountability in government.
"A sub-committee on anti-corruption will be meeting regularly to not only look at past cases of pending corruption but deal with issues of transparency in government."
Mr Odinga said that his office will not tolerate misappropriation of public funds, wastage and inefficiency in government.
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On the postponement of the Cabinet meeting, he said: "I do not want to speculate but after consulting at short notice, it was felt that the cabinet can conduct more business if more time is allowed to elapse."
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