Ababu Namwamba's House...speculating

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Despite all the hoppla going around, the question remains, did Ababu Namwamba take a bribe?

He has definitely pointed out that Iringo offered tonnes of money and he has 'evidence' to prove it, but he is not saying if he took any money.

If he did then these are some powerful people out to get him for his 'betrayal'.

Meanwhile hilo ndilo tofali la Ababu Tawique Namwamba.

 

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HOW ABABU NAMWAMBA USED BRIBES TO BUILD A MULTI-MILLION HOUSE

The future of Ababu Namwamba as chairman of the powerful Public Accounts Committee in parliament hangs in the balance after serious allegations of impropriety in looked against Chapter Six of the constitution on the integrity and leadership. To survive, the embattled Bundalangi MP and ODM secretary general is said to be reaching out to deputy president William Ruto to rescue him from an imminent puncture to his political career that may serve him a severe blow.

Ruto and Namwamba have been close since their days in ODM. Last year, during the controversial ODM national polls, it was claimed the Namwamba camp enjoyed support and financial backing of Ruto.

In Pac, Namwamba is being accused of corruption, getting bribes, allocating himself many foreign trips and failing to delegate duties to committee members, thus running a one-man show. Already, pictures are circulating in parliament of a multi-million house the MP has constructed in Bundalangi said to be from bribes.

The house project is said to have been started immediately he landed the plum PAC slot and was constructed within months.

The trouble at PAC began when Ababu and his chosen few are said to have doctored a probe report on the loss of billions of shillings from the former Internal Security ministry.

Namwamba is said to have pushed for the clearance the former permanent secretary Mutea Iringo who was adversely mentioned. The report in favour of Iringo was sneaked in against a section of members.

The controversial report had revealed how senior Internal Security ministry officials used a secret account at National Bank of Kenya to siphon billions of taxpayers' money from public coffers in the run-up to the 2013 general election.

The report reveals how the Auditor General unearthed the existence of a secret account at National Bank where Sh2.8 billion was wired and spent on items marked as ‘confidential'. At first, Pac wanted officials who have previously served as permanent secretaries in the Internal Security ministry be held responsible for presiding over the scandal but later cleared them.

Francis Kimemia, later the Head of Civil Service and Iringo were the accounting officers in the Internal Security ministry in the year ended June 2013 covered by Pac's audit report.

What is raising eyebrows is that even as Namwamba cleared the OP-based cartel, Uhuru Kenyatta has personally admitted the existence of powerful cartels in government, including his office, whom he accuses of working at the behest of shadowy investors to fleece the taxpayer. Pac members have appended their signatures in a move to replace their chairman.

The trouble for Namwamba is that the plot to oust him is being pushed by both Jubilee and Cord MPs and as such he is an isolated man. Pac according to parliamentary standings must be chaired by an opposition MP.

Already, names of possible candidates to replace Namwamba have been floated. Those mentioned as possible candidates are Edick Anyanga, Ahmed Abbas, Junet Mohamed and Manson Nyamweya.

Abbas is an accountant and is the man Jubilee members are comfortable with. However, those opposed to him say Aden Keynan, the chairman of another influential committee – the Public Investment is from the same region and religion. To compound matters is the fact the leader of majority in parliament has roots in the same area.

It is on these grounds the anti-Namwamba forces want a face outside North-Eastern to replace him. Within ODM, Junet is being favoured by virtue of being party leader Raila Odinga's lieutenant.

Before his election as Pac chairman, Namwamba had defeated Anyanga with 16 against 10 votes. It is not, however, known if Anyanga will contest again should the plot to oust Namwamba succeed. So far, 19 MPs out of 27 have appended their signatures supporting the removal of Namwamba. The 19 are from both Cord and Jubilee.

Apart from claims of bribery, Ababu is being accused of doctoring and leaking reports with an aim of sabotaging parliamentary committee reports. Parliamentary rules are clear that once a report is leaked, it becomes of no value. In Namwamba camp is deputy chair Cecily Mbarire. She is said to be the link with powerful forces in Jubilee who are out to control the happenings at Pac. Her links in the corridors of power is Devolution secretary Anne Waiguru. A source within Pac revealed how they are out to find illgoings at National Youth Service where tenders have been awarded to politically correct individuals among them political analyst Mutahi Ngunyi and one Mike Njeru.

Pac is accused of being a money minting machine and even doctored a report on the controversial hiring of a jet for Ruto's tour to West Africa. Also under siege are MPs known to have pocketed bribes from people adversely mentioned to Pac. Sources say one MP Manson Nyamweya allegedly gave out at least Sh4 million to have a report changed. Mbarire is linked to having allegedly brought Sh10 million in a deal to have another report shelved in favour of some of those who were adversely mentioned.

Namwamba and his team took millions of shillings in bribes in order to change the recommendations of certain reports on various dates, it is claimed. The Pac core responsibility involves the examination of the accounts showing the appropriations of the sum voted by the House to meet the public expenditure and of such other accounts

The following are the Committee's full membership. Namwamba (chairperson), Mbarire, (vice chairperson), Joseph Manje, Jude Njomo, Joel Onyancha, Kareke Mbuiki, Gonzi Rai, Julius Melly, Jackson Rop, James Bett, Fathia Mahbub, Mathias Robi, Stephen Manoti, John Sakwa, Arthur Odera, Edick Omondi Anyanga, Junet Sheikh Nuh, John Mbadi, Kyengo Maweu.
Silvance Osele, Manson Nyamweya, Alice Chae, Mwadime Andrew, Abass Ibrahim, Geni Mong'are and Jessica Mbalu.

HOW ABABU NAMWAMBA USED BRIBES TO BUILD A MULTI-MILLION HOUSE - Cyprian Nyakundi

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Aisee!!

 

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Ababu Namwamba dares accusers to go public

ublic Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Ababu Namwamba addresses journalists at the media centre in Parliament on March 11, 2015 after he appeared before the Powers and Privileges Committee over graft claims in the PAC. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

By JOHN NGIRACHU

In Summary

• MP on the spot over allegations of taking bribes to doctor committee reports.
• Embattled PAC chairman says MPs accusing him of graft should repeat claims before House Privileges team.

Embattled Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee chairman Ababu Namwamba has asked MPs accusing him of corruption to repeat the claims in a public hearing of the Powers and Privileges team.

However, Speaker Justin Muturi said the committee, temporarily led by Kuresoi North MP Moses Cheboi, could sit in camera and warned MPs against discussing the proceedings in public.

"Any member commenting on matters before that committee or making disparaging remarks against fellow members in whatever forum will be held personally responsible and face the wrath of this House," he said.

Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma on Tuesday argued that some members had been linked to corruption in the departmental committees to which they belong.

"Some have been mentioned in cases where vehicles are said to have been given out," he said.

At his meeting with the Powers and Privileges Committee, Mr Namwamba demanded that the matters it is investigating should also be set out before a substantive meeting is held.

Members of the committee said the meeting did not go as planned, with Mr Namwamba expressing reservations about the impartiality of the National Assembly's disciplinary team.

He is also reported to have claimed that members of the Privileges Committee themselves belong to House teams that have, like the PAC, been mentioned in graft allegations.

The only difference, the Budalang'i MP is reported to have said, was that the other committees had managed to resolve their issues quietly.

'PRELIMINARY ISSUES'

Speaking at a press conference, Mr Namwamba said the first meeting, which lasted more than two hours, was used to address "preliminary issues".

"The normal order of things is that if you are supposed to respond to an allegation, then whoever is making it should have their say first and then the committee is able to frame whatever you're supposed to respond to," he said.

"It is now up to the committee to live up to my expectations and the expectations of this institution and the people of Kenya generally," added the ODM secretary-general.

Mr Namwamba returns to the committee at 9 this morning "after the preliminary issues we have discussed today have been settled".

He did not say what action he would take if the committee did not fulfil his wishes.

The Budalang'i MP has been on the spot since rebellion broke out in the PAC on February 17, with Ijara MP Ibrahim Abass reportedly initiating the no-confidence motion.

Ababu Namwamba dares accusers to go public - Politics - nation.co.ke

 

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Namwamba will be fired very soon. He is a sardine in a pond filled with sharks and sea lions.

 

[Kimbunga]

Namwamba will be fired very soon. He is a sardine in a pond filled with sharks and sea lions.

Ababu amekula!