Kenya: ODM Leaders Accuse Uhuru Kenyatta of Protecting Graft Suspects

The protracted legal battle pitting the government and a private company registered in the British Virgin Islands which was to construct a Sh13 billion wind power farm in Kinangop, Nyandarua County, could be resolved soon. The government has crafted an out-of-court settlement to resolve the dispute with Kinangop Wind Park and its financiers in order to ensure the project is implemented.

Wind Park is a consortium of Norwegian private equity firm Norfund, South African asset manager Old Mutual and Sydney-based fund Macquarie.The proposal was filed at the High Court in Nairobi on October 18, 2016.

Lady Justice Grace Nzioka allowed KWP, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Standard Chartered Bank of South Africa to study the deal with a view to recording a settlement.Eight Orange Democratic Movement MPs have accused President Uhuru Kenyatta of protecting perpetrators of corruption in his government.

Speaking separately, the legislators also asked Deputy President William Ruto to stop hoodwinking Kenyans over the Sh5.3 billion scandal at the Health Ministry, saying he had never made a commitment to end corruption. ODM chairman and Suba MP John Mbadi, Treasurer Timothy Bosire (Kitutu Masaba), Secretary for Political Affairs Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja) and Deputy Organising Secretary Florence Mutua (Busia Woman Rep) said the Jubilee government was on a looting spree under the President's watch. Others who spoke to the Nation were Mr Fred Outa (Nyando), Homa Bay Woman Representative Gladys Wanga and her Siaya and Kisumu counterparts, Dr Christine Ombaka and Ms Rose Nyamunga.

And while addressing a press conference at Orange House, Nairobi, ODM Secretary-General Agnes Zani said that President Kenyatta had overseen the theft of over Sh2 trillion "in what is now referred to as kukula nyama (meat feasting) policy.