Lady Whistledown
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Ni baada ya kuhusishwa katika kashfa ya Uagizaji wa tani 125,000 za mafuta ya kula bila kodi, na kuuzia Wafanyabiashara wa jumla, na kuikosesha Serikali mapato ya takriban Ksh. Bilioni 6, sawa na takriban Tsh. Bilioni 102.3
Ushahidi zaidi ulionyesha kwamba baadae Shirika la Kitaifa la Biashara la Kenya (KNTC) lilinunua mafuta hayo kutoka kwa Wafanya biashara hao, badala ya kuagiza moja kwa moja kutoka kwa watengenezaji nchini Malaysia au Indonesia
Muungano wa Azimio pia unamtaka Rais #WilliamRuto kujitokeza na kueleza kiwango chake cha ufahamu kuhusu sakata hilo na hatua anazonuia kuchukua dhidi ya wanaohusishwa
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As the edible oils scam unfolds with the country set to lose billions of shillings in the importation of 125 000 metric tonnes of edible oils, the Azimio coalition is now calling for the resignation of Trade Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria after documents linked him to the scam.
Documents in the possession of Citizen TV show that while there was no provision in law mandating the Treasury CS to waive duty except for emergency relief goods, the Kenya Gazette Notice number Vol. CXXIV No. 250 was used wrongly to import the edible oils since the gazette notice itself covered the drought response initiative and not edible oils.
It is not clear, why the taxman used the wrong gazette notice.
Further evidence showed that the Kenya National Trade Corporation single-sourced companies to import the oil, and sell it to it, instead of importing it directly from the manufacturers in Malaysia or Indonesia.
In a statement released late evening, Azimio criticised Kuria who they said was using insults to cover up his mistakes saying heads must roll.
The Azimio coalition also wants President William Ruto to come out and explain his extent of knowledge of the saga and what action he intends to take against those implicated.
"Mr. William Ruto must address the country on what he knew about this scam when he knew it and what he plans to do about it."
"Heads must roll. Someone must take responsibility. Trade CS Moses Kuria take the lead and resign. It can’t be business as usual to defraud a suffering citizens then embark on a spree of abusing those same citizens whose monies have been stolen," reads the statement.
The opposition further demanded that the Kenya National Trading Corporation tasked with overseeing the procurement comes clean and state if they were coerced to defraud Kenyans.
"Azimio la Umoja is deeply disappointed, but not surprised by what is now officially a grand scam of the Kenya Kwanza administration secretly ordering for duty-free importation of thousands of tonnes of cooking oil through the Kenya National Trading Corporation early this year," says Azimio.
"We are shocked, but not surprised that KNTC, which was itself struggling financially and structurally then, never floated a competitive tender nor did it invite local manufacturers to participate in the planned importation. The institution willingly became a conduit and an enabler in this scam."
Source: Citizen Digital
Ushahidi zaidi ulionyesha kwamba baadae Shirika la Kitaifa la Biashara la Kenya (KNTC) lilinunua mafuta hayo kutoka kwa Wafanya biashara hao, badala ya kuagiza moja kwa moja kutoka kwa watengenezaji nchini Malaysia au Indonesia
Muungano wa Azimio pia unamtaka Rais #WilliamRuto kujitokeza na kueleza kiwango chake cha ufahamu kuhusu sakata hilo na hatua anazonuia kuchukua dhidi ya wanaohusishwa
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As the edible oils scam unfolds with the country set to lose billions of shillings in the importation of 125 000 metric tonnes of edible oils, the Azimio coalition is now calling for the resignation of Trade Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria after documents linked him to the scam.
Documents in the possession of Citizen TV show that while there was no provision in law mandating the Treasury CS to waive duty except for emergency relief goods, the Kenya Gazette Notice number Vol. CXXIV No. 250 was used wrongly to import the edible oils since the gazette notice itself covered the drought response initiative and not edible oils.
It is not clear, why the taxman used the wrong gazette notice.
Further evidence showed that the Kenya National Trade Corporation single-sourced companies to import the oil, and sell it to it, instead of importing it directly from the manufacturers in Malaysia or Indonesia.
In a statement released late evening, Azimio criticised Kuria who they said was using insults to cover up his mistakes saying heads must roll.
The Azimio coalition also wants President William Ruto to come out and explain his extent of knowledge of the saga and what action he intends to take against those implicated.
"Mr. William Ruto must address the country on what he knew about this scam when he knew it and what he plans to do about it."
"Heads must roll. Someone must take responsibility. Trade CS Moses Kuria take the lead and resign. It can’t be business as usual to defraud a suffering citizens then embark on a spree of abusing those same citizens whose monies have been stolen," reads the statement.
The opposition further demanded that the Kenya National Trading Corporation tasked with overseeing the procurement comes clean and state if they were coerced to defraud Kenyans.
"Azimio la Umoja is deeply disappointed, but not surprised by what is now officially a grand scam of the Kenya Kwanza administration secretly ordering for duty-free importation of thousands of tonnes of cooking oil through the Kenya National Trading Corporation early this year," says Azimio.
"We are shocked, but not surprised that KNTC, which was itself struggling financially and structurally then, never floated a competitive tender nor did it invite local manufacturers to participate in the planned importation. The institution willingly became a conduit and an enabler in this scam."
Source: Citizen Digital
