EPRA CEO Pavel Oimeke has been linked to illegal gas refilling cartels, cnyakundi.com can confirm. 

A few years ago, a disturbed Kenyan sent Pavel Oimeke a message alerting him of an Illegal LPG Filling plant next to Ongata Academy but the CEO never followed up the matter. 

The plant was opened in 2017and residents that cnyakundi.com spoke to have complained that they can usually smell gas fumes. At the time Oimeke was alerted, he promised to shut down the plant but it looks like he received a bribe to allow its illegal activities to proceed. 

The Illegal plant is located along Magadi road before Delta Petrol station opposite Laiser Hill Academy. 

The strange things is that the Illegal LPG plant is next to a chief’s office confirming our fears that these criminals work with law enforcement officers. 

Before doing this article, we sent a message to EPRA CEO Pavel Oimeke but he never responded

Hi sir, this is Cyprian Nyakundi. We have received a complaint from a Kenyan that they had alerted you about an illegal LPG station in Rongai but you later confirmed that it is legal. My team surveyed the area secretly in relation to our campaign pertaining to illegal filling stations and the level of secrecy around the area gave us doubts. 

We are doing a story pertaining your failure to act when alerted about these illegalities 

I have a few questions 

1. Is the LPG filling station licensed 

2. As EPRA boss, are you aware that people around the area have been complaining? 

3. After receiving the complaint from a Kenyan, did you go to the area to confirm? 

4. Can our team see the license or any confirmation that will prove that it is licensed? 

Thanks

For a long time, we have revealed how Illegal gas plants are being licenced after dropping bribes with Oimeke and urged DPP to move in and investigate licencing at the Commission if anyone cares about public welfare

The same is the result of rampant fuel fixation with kerosene that kills engines. 

Oimeke is arrogant and keeps bragging that he knows people and nothing can happen to him. 

It is said that bribes are dropped at EPRA ( Formerly ERC) at will for him to facilitate corrupt deals. 

The same issue is happening with the IPPS ( That ill cover later) 

Apart from receiving bribes to license illegal LPG filling plants, EPRA CEO Pavel Oimeke is a man who loves PR stunts and side-shows aimed at misleading Kenyans.

Pavel Oimeke was supposed to be arrested during the #SwitchOffKPLC campaign but it is said he managed to bribed detectives to walk a free man, despite being a criminal linked to the rot in the energy sector.

Last year, we revealed that out of 10 employees, 8 of them are from his village. They have zero skills and tribalism reigns supreme. Just recently, a candidate who emerged bottom in an interview surprised many when he reported starting work at the Commission.

Clandestine appointments are done to just bring guys from his community. Earlier on, a consultant hired to recruit was terminated because he was not cooperating to bring unqualified villagers.

Oimeke has perfected the art of raiding small LPG Illegal filling plants to show that he is doing work yet there are major illegal LPG plants that have not been shut down posing a danger to Kenyans.

To further lie to Kenyans, Oimeke has managed to pocket the press that he used to publicize his PR stunts yet he is the ring-leader of these cartels that he has been licencing at a fee paid in form of bribes that are delivered to him.

Here are some Illegal LPG plants that have bribed Oimeke to keep operating

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Near Majengo

https://goo.gl/maps/jidCj7RpY8TMfQft6

Wango and Monjos shimo Close to each other near Nampak industry

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Near Unnamed Road, Ruiru

https://goo.gl/maps/f5waMFe2TnS87qw48

Tex Gas Ruiru

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Near Mugutha

https://goo.gl/maps/3uYM9EopHyzNVSa98

Unknown Shimo at Ha Kairu_ Ruiru

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Near Ruiru

https://goo.gl/maps/QxVnGz2VSEBehXgt5

Hunkar Ruiru_ At Tatu City

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Near Githurai 44, Githurai

https://goo.gl/maps/FVJSJGtjYoSc3N9K6

Unknown shimo at Githurai 44. Near chiefs office

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Near Savannah, Nairobi
https://maps.app.goo.gl/VZkjdqA7d5rGu86j8

Ocean gas

City Gas East Africa Ltd
Sideways Cafe, Shimo la Tewa Rd, Nairobi
https://maps.app.goo.gl/j39cBZiUULEmzMB69

City gas. Next to them is fast gas and opposite its valley gas

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Near Savannah, Nairobi
https://maps.app.goo.gl/VZkjdqA7d5rGu86j8

Ocean gas

https://www.google.com/maps?q=-1.208011,36.911942&z=17&hl=enhttps://www.google.com/maps?q=-1.047140,37.102074&z=17&hl=enhttps://www.google.com/maps?q=-1.2077778,36.9244444&z=17&hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@-0.2929818,36.0881996,15z

https://www.google.com/maps/@-1.3199104,36.9000672,15z

Our series, ‘slavery in Kenya’ is ongoing and it has exposed more companies that continue to flout Kenyan Employment laws; mistreating Kenyans, making them work in slave-like conditions.

One is Von Hotpoint, the rogue Indian-led company.

Dear Nyakundi,

I cannot thank you enough for giving us the opportunity to speak out, just hoping relevant authorities will look into this.

I have read all that you’ve posted and seen no lies, I will speak for junior employees who work in retail, especially since they brought in one Rajkumar, new in Kenya with no idea what the Kenyan labour laws are. With him came policies meant to extract as much labour from staff at minimal expenses, with inhuman targets, no overtime regardless of how many extra hours employees in retail work, intimidation and dictatorship, you’d wonder if that’s how things are done wherever he comes from or if Africans are just a lesser race to him.

Employees are frustrated and stressed beyond words, fired over Petty reasons, unprofessional to the core or you’re frustrated to the point of leaving. Mind games. recently, a general worker was fired for mourning his brother for too long, two weeks. suddenly they “realised” he’s not well qualified for the position, suddenly, they went through his papers and noticed he’s not qualified after years…humanity is lost to them, you’re not a human being, you’re a source of Labour that can be done away with, no laws out here matter.

Currently, employees who’ve been there for years, working with the company from around its inception till now are being asked for their papers again to review and see if they are indeed “qualified”, after years of sweat and results, after it’s growth, the loyal and dedicated employees are now substandard to the company.

At Hotpoint, stress, frustrations, harassment….That’s the norm. Employee welfare is a luxury they just can’t afford…Typical modern day slavery. Too much to write… More to come.

May the government please rescue its people.

MORE

One

SLAVERY UNDER INDIANS: VON HOTPOINT APPLIANCES

Two

Slavery In Kenya: Hotpoint Kenya Exposed Further

Three

Indian Slavery: Welcome To Hotpoint Appliances Limited Where A Lady Was Fired For Being Pressed During A Meeting

Four

DISGRACE AT HOTPOINT APPLIANCES LTD

Five

Ex-Staffer: I Regret My Six Years That I Wasted At Hotpoint Appliances

Six

Peter Kiilu & Carol Wanini: The Assistant Slave Masters And Top Oppressors At Von Hotpoint

Seven

Slavery In Kenya: OPPRESSION AT HOTPOINT MOMBASA

Eight

Slavery: For Kenyans Working With Indians, It Is 1619 Everyday

A few hours after Cnyakundi.com sent out a blog post titled, Did Riara University Con This Man Kshs 15,000?

Did Riara University Con This Man Kshs. 15000?

The University clarified that the money was refunded.

Here are some receipts.

Hi Nyakundi,

This is in relation to #SlaveryInKenya series on your blog. It’s a long email but bear with me.

I was working in a flower farm called Flower City Kenya in Machakos county along Garissa Road, it’s owned by 3 Indians, one is a silent parnter, among the two, one is the chairman/financer whom we call Mzee and the other one is the CEO.

When I begun working there in 2017 the working environment was conducive because a higher % of senior managers were Africans and the two bosses worked well with us.

In 2018 Mzee decided to hire an Indian guy called Kishan Bhatt, for the position of procurement manager, a position which he couldn’t manage and because he was friends with Mzee his title was changed to HOD of all departments. Which didn’t make sence because everything went well with or without his presence.

Now this guy, am not sure about his job description but all he did from 8 am to 5 pm was view YouTube videos, listen to Indian songs on loud speaker, changing the Wi-Fi password (if you had something official to do online you’d have to ask for the password akuje akuweke, gives you 30min then changes it again), and send emails to staff to demoralize them.

After he was employed he began looking for petty mistakes among the staff he found so that they could get fired and get the chance to bring in people he knew. At some point we even thought that all departments would be headed by an Indian.

One example was the HR, a young lady, I don’t know at what point they crossed each other but this guy did everything in his power to have her fired then he brought in a guy he knew so that he could control him. The guy would pick fights with other managers in the office infront of all the staff and the HR never did anything because he was afraid of him.

This guy made working there a living hell, he used to demine the casual labourers ati coz they smelled of sweat.

We had a staff bus for carrying managers but the company begun having financial issues so our salaries were always delayed. Now these casuals were paid Ksh.9k a month so pesa zikischeleweshwa wnaumia sana (if salary delays, they suffer a lot). The HR (a different one coz the Indian’s HR quit after the boss wanted to fire everyone who was brought in by that guy juu he was brought in as a spy for Mzee) said that until our money came they could be using the bus with us.

They were quite a number.

At one time the bus was full and the only available sit was next to this guy, one casual went and sat there and that Kishan guy told him to get up he doesn’t want him sitting next to him, the guy had to squat between the sits. So sad.
Another instance was if he found a non indian sitting where he usually sat he’d tell you to get out in the most rude way possible.

He used to go and sit with other senior managers and bring up conversations where the boss was the topic then record the others while they were talking then forward it to the boss, so that they would get in trouble and get fired, luckily it never happened.

Some few months later the company’s financial status continued deteriorating until we were told to stay at home and wait for our money, that was in April 2019. I heard Kishan resigned and moved to Embu to open up a small shop.

Now when I heard this I said we serve a living God, coz this guy made working there a living hell and he was paid 100k + just to sit his fat ass down and watch YouTube, now he’s in debt and has gone back to humble beginings.

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‘The men who liberated South Sudan proceeded to hijack the country’s fledgling governing institutions, loot its resources, and launched a war in 2013 that has cost hundreds of thousands of lives and displaced millions of people’, the executive summary of the sentry report titled ‘ The Taking of South Sudan’ starts.

The Sentry is an investigative and policy team that follows the dirty money connected to African war criminals and transnational war profiteers and seeks to shut those benefiting from violence out of the international financial system.

The publication which was released in a few days ago, shows the Tycoons, Brokers and Multinational Corporations complicit in hijacking the peace process in South Sudan.

South Sudanese living in Kenya enjoy the protection of the state and indulge in crazy businesses such as selling weapons; fuelling conflict in the young nation.

For example, the report links Gen. Paul Malong to a company, First Monetary Security Limited registered in Kenya that is believed to be his in a ‘$43.2 million worth of weapons, ammunition, including mortar systems, RPG launchers, assault riffles, and ZU-23 mobile anti-aircraft guns’.

Even during the war, international investors have engaged in commercial dealings with top South
Sudanese politicians and members of their families. Many of these companies operate in sectors
subject to significant government discretion or linked to violence.

The report also says that Chinese investors formed a company with President Salva Kiir’s daughter and acquired several mining licenses in South Sudan just weeks before the military reportedly drove thousands
of people from the land where they held a permit. A group of Chinese investors set up a joint
venture with Kiir’s daughter Winnie—who was 19 years old at the time—to form Fortune Minerals and Construction in mid-2016

The Pope’s Kiss

A few months ago, the head of the catholic church and president of Vatican Pope Francis, kissed the feet of warring South Sudanese leaders. It now appears that that kiss should have extended to the feet of leaders across Africa including the likes of Baringo Senator Gideon Moi.

Gideon Moi is accused of forming a company with Sudan’s President Salva Kiir’s daughter Adut, his son in law Nardos Ghebeyehu and his close advisor Akot Lual Arech. Moi being a influential senator, the son of a former Kenya president, would be instrumental in looting South Sudan, preferably money launder for the firm known as Lukiza, which is listed as a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to specifically engage in the provision of
services in the oil sector.” Waste management, drilling, logistics and air transportation are among the services it says it provides.

Kenya has severally played a role in the South Sudan peace process. But it seems the saviors have turned into hyenas.

Other people mentioned in the report by Sentry are: (over 20 in total)

1. South Sudan President: Salva Kiir,
2. Former South African President: Jacob ZUma
3. Gen Paul Malong

Ezekiel Gatkuoth Lol, Winnie Kiir, Abdelkarim Adam Eisa Mohamed, Dawd Adam Rife Abute, Lt. Gen. David Yau Yau, Ashraf Seed Ahmed Hussein Ali, Bior Ajang Duot, Ghebremeskel Tesfamariam Ghidey, David Greenhalgh, Gen Gregory Vasili Dimitry— Kiir’s brother-in-law., Colonel Tor Ajuot Deng, Mohamed Benjamin Lino, Zhuo Zuokun, Ramadan Chadar,  Mayen Wol Jong, and Ramadan Chadar Dhok.

REPORT (you can download it here)

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Series Start – Slavery: For Kenyans Working With Indians, It Is 1619 Everyday

Hi Nyakundi,

We all know how Indians and Whites (Mzungu) mistreat employees. And the fact that they control a huge chunk of the formal economy while the government makes the cost of starting a business unbearably high leaves most with little other options.

I had a sales job at an Indian run (but not owned) firm in industrial area. The production and logistics managers can best be described as a slice of hell on earth. All the senior management except for the HR and about half of the junior management are of Indian descent.

But I only came to learn that the Indians only owned 25% of the shareholding with the rest being owned by some local politicians. These local politicians were silent partners disinterested in the running of the firm probably because the funds invested there are seeds of corruption and they’d like to keep it low key, just like Harun Mwau was in Nakumatt.

The production manager was an angry racist fellow. There were some newspapers delivered to the firm in the morning and he wouldn’t read his if any local touched it. And if that local was in his department he would be fired immediately. Greeting him in the morning was an offence similar to urinating on a church’s door. He only ever talked to fellow Indians and 3 local junior managers who were basically his pawns, seemingly kissing his boots willy nilly.

The logistics manager was on the other hand a very foul mouthed lady. She’d abuse the casuals in a very demeaning way like “Did you people even get past nursery”, “How can someone this stupid be employed, only because your person (non Indian) is HR” etc. Those who were unfortunate to work there with their parents would be told. “You are as foolish as your father”

But, karma is quite different. I had sales clients in parklands who were Indians and just as foul-mouthed. The company would give very skewed trade deals to favor them. A Kenyan business in Githurai purchasing items worth Ksh. 100k every week would be forced to pay cash with the pricing leaving them with very tight profit margins. But an Indian one in parklands buying items every 2 weeks worth Ksh.10k would be given a 2 week cheque, better pricing and priority supply for hotcake commodities.

I came to learn that most of parklands, the Indian stronghold is actually owned by Kikuyus. And these Kikuyus even the play ground for us.

An Indian tenant in a small kiosk sized room will pay 200k, 6 months upfront. And the Kiuks would wake up one day, decide to double the rent and demand 1 year upfront, the hapless Indians would be powerless against them. Almost half of my Indian clients were driven out of business like this. And I personally know of 2 who are literally paupers because of that.

There’s a reason why Indians have started popping in numbers in Langata, south B etc. Life just got unbearable in in their little India called parklands.

More

Indians Vs Kenyans: Let’s Just Declare Kenya An Apartheid State

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Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development was bribed to favour giant publishers Like Oxford and KLB, the editor of this website has been tipped.

For the last five years, the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) has had a Director-General/Chief Executive Officer. The CEO is Dr. Julius Jwan.

To many employees in the lower cadre of the institute, they only know him by name, seen his signatures on internal memos, watched him on television but they are yet to feel his presence and leadership.

Dr. Jwan has earned himself a nickname- ‘a tourist’ because of the back to back journeys both in the country and abroad.

That is just a brief on the head of KICD, that we once accused of
receiving millions in form of bribes to okay books with nauseating errors.

The results for Grade 4 books were out last Friday but before then Oxford and KLB had already printed the books ready to circulate in the market.

Some small publishers that we spoke to have accused the KICD of limiting the educator and educationist with ideas and content.

According to our sources and allegations that we have confirmed, KICD cartels were heavily paid to favour Oxford and KLB who got 7books each approved whereas others got nothing…just some one book.

“Their plan is to kill some companies and increase unemployment which is already a disease in our Nation” Alleged our source from KICD.

Most KICD senior managers cannot explain the source of their wealth since it doesn’t tally with their salary as some don’t even own any businesses that can give them the monies they are using to build flats and drive fuel guzzlers.

Sadly, the media has remained mum pertaining to the rot in the education sector and I urge Kenyans of good-will to keep sending information especially on the rot at KICD that is now controlled by cartels.

The CEO and the board must resign immediately to allow room for investigation.

CNYAKUNDI.COM is very much aware of how much they were paid to frustrate other publishers.

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Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader and African Union High Representative for Infrastructure Development Raila Odinga and Kisumu Governor Prof. Anyang’ Nyong’o will conduct a public lecture at the University of Nairobi (UoN) tomorrow from 5 p.m.

The public lecture which was supposed to also be graced by Deputy President William Ruto, but he seems to have chickened-out, will be about debating the issue of Presidential or Parliamentary Democracy In Kenya; a book by the same name written by the professor Nyong’o will also be launched.

The event is organised by Booktalk Africa and the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Nairobi and will be held at Chandaria Centre for Performing Arts, University of Nairobi Towers.

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It seems like the beef between Rapper Kristoff and music group Effect Gang which started as a result of the former stealing the song of the later, even as this site exposed, is not going away soon.

Kristoff is on record trying to plead with Effect Gang for a collabo.

READ: Evidence Shows Kristoff Stole Effect Gang’s Song

When a video posted by numerous sources went viral showing Effect Gang members accusing Kristoff of stealing their beat and verse; Kristoff immediately denied that and even went ballistic by sending a demand letter to the young ones ordering them to apologize or face the court.

By what is left now is a begging rapper Kristoff.

He has been lying to the media and the publics, bought all the gossip blogs to write good reviews about him.

He even went live on 10 over 10 show on a local media house and denied that he knows Effect Gang.

Funny things is, when the lights go out, Kristoff begs Effect Gang for friendship like a rat.

‘Kristoff alisema Ten over Ten hatujui na amekua akibonga na sisi na bado ye ndio alianza story za remix na collabo si sisi so anadanganya public’, a member of Effect Gang said.

In an audio message to the chief editor of this site, Kristoff is heard begging for a remix to the song, Bash, that he stole.

Listen to this video.

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Last week, a top AFC Leopards fan died in an unfortunate manner after she was denied treatment from Mbale Hospital in Vihiga.

Annet Kabareka, 22, who is widely known as Joy Daizy, was involved in a road accident along Lunyelele area in Vihiga County which later claimed her life.

A matatu drove from behind and knocked a bodaboda she had boarded; throwing them into a ditch and leaving her in terrible condition, according to his sister Maureen Muhonja.

She would later be rushed to Mbale hospital where doctors demanded cash money worth Ksh. 5,000 before commencing treatment. Her mother Beatrice Adisa would later arrive with Ksh. 2,000 cash, but the clinicians stayed put and watched her breathing her last breath.

“I can confirm that my sister Joy Daizy has died after being involved in a road accident. I however still believe that she would have not died if the doctors treated her immediately she arrived in the hospital. They refused to administer any form of medication to her because she never had a paltry sh5000 at the moment. It is very sad,” she told a local daily.

Her body was taken to St Monica’s Riat hospital in Kisumu and burial date tentatively set for this Saturday their Jebrock village in Vihiga County.

Joy, the fourth born in a family of seven kids, has been a strong AFC Leopards since 2010. Though all her life has been in Vihiga, she has travelled across the country to support her beloved club.

Efforts by interested parties to get a comment from Mbale hospital were futile as phone calls went unanswered.

Here is the video below.

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The former Youth Fund Chairman Evans Gor Semelang’o and alleged flamboyant Businessman who lives a flashy lifestyle has been remanded at the Industrial Area Prison for failure to pay money that he owes someone.

Semelang’o who was sacked in March 2014 after having served for a year at the Youth Fund is said to have failed to pay Ksh.9 million debt.

A magistrate had placed a warrant of arrest on him over the matter.
The Ksh 9 million belongs to Lumumba Mumma & Kaluma Advocates, who had sought the court’s intervention to help him get his money back.

It is a pity that the Githeri media continues to paint cons and thieves as flashy, controversial businessmen.

Take the example of Gor Semelang’o, he and a few dead others looted the Youth Fund. They didn’t even have policies or mechanisms in palce to ensure that the funds truly reach the needy youths.

All they did was to answer ‘Yes Sir’ to the whims of the old guards in government who have continued to subvert the will of the youths.

May Gor get the trial he rot in prison.

Gor Semelang’o away from the ‘flashy lifestyle is now caged like an antelope.

How can he be a rich businessman yet he fails to pay Kshs, 9 million debt he owes someone?

Early this year Gor was reportedly appointed as an advisor at the Global stage for the Commonwealth Security group Head quartered in Westminster, London.

He is also said to be the Founder and Managing Director of PetroKenya Oil. Co.Ltd.

Lets create lives that are sustainable for all Kenyans.

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An article we did a few days ago has elicited mixed reactions in the education sector. The article revealed how the Kenya Institute for Curriculum Development ( KICD) was bribed to favour Oxford and KLB in Grade 4 books approvals. 

Grade 4 Scam: KICD Bribed to favour Oxford and KLB

According to our sources and allegations that we confirmed, KICD cartels were heavily paid to favour Oxford and KLB who got 7 books each approved whereas others got nothing.

The oxford university press has never been far from controversy and their history of corruption is an open book. 

In 2012, The World Bank barred two subsidiaries of Oxford University Press (OUP) from bidding for contracts following allegations of corruption in two education projects in East Africa. 

The two, Oxford University Press East Africa Limited (OUPEA) and Oxford University Press Tanzania Limited (OUPT) were barred for a period of three years following OUP’s acknowledgement of misconduct by its two subsidiaries in relation to two Bank-financed education projects in East Africa.

The debarment means that the two subsidiaries would not be allowed to bid for any World Bank contracts and is part of a Negotiated Resolution Agreement between OUP and the World Bank Group. 

According to a World Bank spokesperson who then requested not to be named, the companies were also barred from bidding for contracts at other multilateral development banks, including the African Development Bank.

This was due to an agreement between the World Bank and other multilateral development banks. 

The World Bank reports that in May 2011, investigators from the World Bank’s Integrity Vice Presidency (INT) approached OUP about potential misconduct in Africa. Following this, OUP conducted an internal investigation into its operations and reported its findings to INT.

“This debarment is a testimony to the Bank’s continued commitment to protecting the integrity of its projects. OUP’s acknowledgement of misconduct and the thoroughness of its investigation is evidence of how companies can address issues of fraud and corruption and change their corporate practices to foster integrity in the development business.

” In this case, working with the Serious Fraud Office also demonstrates the scope of collective action in deterring corruption impacting the progress of development,” said Leonard McCarthy, the then World Bank Integrity Vice President.

The two companies made improper payments to government officials for two contracts to supply textbooks in relation to two World Bank-financed projects. 

As a result, OUPEA and OUPT would be debarred for three years and OUP will receive a conditional non-debarment, It was decided. In addition, in order to remedy part of the harm done by the misconduct, OUP then agreed to make a payment of $500,000 to the World Bank as part of the negotiated resolution.

“We can’t get into the details as to which officials exactly were involved, how much money was transacted corruptly or which projects were in question,” said the spokesperson, “The reason is that we don’t want to identify the people who cooperated and provided the information we needed. But I can confirm that more than one country in East Africa was involved.”

The spokesperson was then quoted saying that the $500,000 payment would be made as a “recompense for corrupt practices, and will either go back into funding projects or fighting corruption.”

Oxford University Press East Africa Ltd., a branch of the International Division of Oxford University Press, is a leading educational publisher in the Eastern and Central Africa region. The branch was started in 1954 in Nairobi, Kenya, as an editorial and sales office.

Warehouses were established in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Kampala, Uganda. An authority in reference books publishing, OUP East Africa published the first edition of Kamusi ya Kiswahili Sanifu, a Kiswahili dictionary for schools and general use in 1981. This was followed by Kamusi ya Semi za Kiswahili (a dictionary of Swahili sayings).

The cnyakundi team has received a complaint from Oxford University Press Regional Director John Mwazemba, who apart from thinking Oxford University is clean, demanded that we delete our article from the site. 

Instances of Oxford University Press corruption can be sent to hello@cnyakundi.com

Dear Cyprian,

 

I noted your blog post yesterday, in which you allege that the KICD was bribed to favour certain publishers, including Oxford University Press, in relation to KICD's recent Grade 4 tender. Could you please provide any evidence you have to support your allegations immediately? Alternatively you can send the evidence to our central investigations team atinvestigations@oup.com or independent investigations service https://wrs.expolink.co.uk/speakupoup

 

If you cannot provide this evidence we will have to ask you to remove the allegations from your website.

 

Yours sincerely

 

John Mwazemba

Regional Director

Oxford University Press East Africa

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Jubilee Holdings Limited (JHL) announced the appointment of Dr. Julius Kipng’etich as its Regional Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in January 2018 after intense lobbying, especially from the Deputy President William Ruto’s wing.

This site had questioned the integrity of the crooked boss who was fired from the Kenya Wildlife Service over incompetence. Julius Kipng’etich made his money through illegal poaching and poaching rose to record highs during his tenure.

Jubilee Insurance has spread its tentacles in all government parastatals and has been linked to a litany of scandals, that have been linked to the deputy president money-laundering sources.

In the last two years, Jubilee has been directly contacting state agencies in which tender documents are prepared with specifications that favour Jubilee. Underwriters trying to compete with Jubilee find it hard to win the tenders because mandatory requirements and the scope highly favour them.

Having worked at the KWS, Julius Kipng’etich, together with some corrupt KWS officials, manipulated the Ksh. 324 Million KWS Medical Insurance Tender that is now under review by the PPRA as shown in the hereunder document.

There was a hearing on the KWS tender saga on the 10th of September by the PPRA.

Julius Kipngetich, who is a good friend to the deputy president has been heard on many occasions saying that nothing will be done to him.

The moribund EACC, apart from receiving the complaints about Julius Kipngetich scandals, has done nothing with word doing the rounds that the commission may have been bribed to look the other way.

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Julius Selo Malema (pictured) the revolutionary in South Africa advices all youths in Africa concerning politics.

Politics affects us even when we say, we don’t like it and as Malema says, we as youths must get involved, participate and take politics seriously.

Malema says it as it is, the African Union and other religional bodies such as the Southern African Development Community (SADC), let me add, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), East African Community (EAC), Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) etc is a ‘gentleman’s club’, where leaders mostly old ‘don’t call each other out’ on their errors and don’t care to shape Africa in the right direction.

It is a pity that we have chosen to be manipulated.

‘…the way forward is that the youths must take politics seriously, the youths must participate in politics, the youths must get involved in politics. Because most young people have left politics in the hands of old people who have nothing to do with that. AU has a plan called 2063 and those people won’t be there in 2063. That’s why they can say 2063 because they won’t be there, they won’t take responsibility’, Malema said.

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People living in Katani area of Mavoko sub-county are a worried lot after their houses started cracking owing to the blasts from quarries nearby.

The houses which are constructed at a place where National Environmental Management Authority of Kenya (NEMA) has not put a buffer zone.

Residents say they have complained to NEMA for a long time but nothing has been done as NEMA officials only collects bribed.

There are over 20 quarries in the area.

Photos.

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Besieged Indian Cartel Bipin Mawjee’ has advertised his house on Pam Golding and moved to Australia, our sources have confirmed.

The editor of this site had revealed that Bipin Mawjee’s, who also owns Travellers Forex and Purple Haze Kilimani was using the court process to usurp his brother’s share of the property by separating his older brother Harish and his family from his widowed mother.

Other sources that have confidently spoken to the editor of this site have linked Bipin Mawjee to money laundering through his forex hence a request on responsible authorities to probe the serious allegation.

Bipin’s older sister Indira is married to Yogesh’s older brother Arvind Pattni and they live in Perth Australia, we can confirm. Yogesh is the CEO of Victoria Commercial Bank, a bank that was launched with Goldenberg scandal monies, as will be revealed in my next article.

Bipin Mawjee is disposing of the house at a price of Ksh 120,000,000 which is crazy but tells a story on how some of these real-estate companies are being used to do money-laundering.

Why did Bipin Mawjee advertise his property on Pam Golding?

You will all remember that the Imperial Bank heist was a joint-effort by a cohort of Indian thieves including the Poppat family which is worshipped by senior Government officials. We are told that some of the thieving Indians used the share of the Imperial Bank heist to invest in real estate, using the Pam Golding Properties Group.

Victoria Commercial Bank Owner Yogesh Pattni’s Citizenship Revoked By India, Wanted Over Money Laundering And Fraud.

For instance, Imperial Bank was cross-owned together with the owners of Kenblest Industries, who also own Pam Golding Properties. The money they stole has been building the expensive projects they have been undertaking. You probably still eat Kenblest bread yet the directors stole your money. Why can’t CBK attach caveats on Kenblest and Pam Golding Properties assets and do it transparently to calm markets and restore hope in the financial system?

Central Bank Governor should stop playing tricks on Kenyans.

Prices of rent and real-estate in Nairobi are ridiculous, compared to economies like South Africa, which has better roads and social amenities, and yet property and rents are a fifth of what Kenyans pay, in a country with dilapidated roads, insecurity and no playgrounds.

Only a few companies in Kenya manipulate the rents. The key companies are Hass Consult, Knight Frank and the likes.

They release fictitious reports citing trumped-up statistics claiming of a “boom” in the real-estate and construction industry.

These companies are conduits for laundering money embezzled by cabinet secretaries and Governors, who are currently the people diverting resources meant to build our social amenities, to real-estate.

Through these quarterly “reports” fed to the media as unvarnished truth, hype was generated on false statistics of an emerging housing boom.

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A lot has been said about the Goldenberg scandal but all the blame and the axe fell only on Kamlesh Pattni, while other people that made a cameo appearance in the scandal walked away unscathed, some opening money laundering outfits like Victoria Commercial Bank.

According to an article done by John Kamau of the Daily Nation, When Goldenberg scandal architect Kamlesh Pattni decided to take advantage of the government’s export compensation scheme, he was only 25, yet he pulled off one of Kenya’s biggest thefts of the public coffers.

In just three years, the fiddle had cost taxpayers more than $600 million.

Then the holder of a British passport and son of a Mombasa gold jewellery dealer, Pattni was hardly known as he and his brother ran a small jewellery outlet known as Manorama Limited on Nairobi’s Dubois Road.

He later shifted to Moi Avenue’s Mageso Chambers and it was from there that Goldenberg International Limited and Exchange Bank Limited, the two companies that were to become the face of the scandal, were hatched.

How Pattni came to enlist spy chief James Kanyottu as a director, nay promoter, of the two companies is not clear.

He would later tell a judicial commission appointed by President Mwai Kibaki to investigate the scandal that the two had met at a Nairobi shop, where they had been introduced by a mutual friend, a Mr Veljibhai Gami.

The objective of the Goldenberg company was to “carry on the business of import and export in any or all types of minerals, gold, silver, diamonds, precious and semi-precious stones… in Kenya, to all PTA countries, Europe, India, and other parts of the world.”

HIDDEN IDEA

The hidden idea was how to take advantage of the various economic schemes crafted by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) and the Ministry of Finance by carrying out fraudulent business deals, illegal and irregular.

These schemes involved export compensation, pre-shipment finance, retention accounts, forex certificates, spot and forward contracts, and cheque kiting.

While some of these economic schemes had been put into place to lure businessmen into earning Kenya hard currency after donors, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank imposed stringent rules on aid, the Goldenberg company was paid more than their foreign currency earnings and with little export of gold, if any.

Even today, there is no evidence that the company engaged in any mining of gold and diamonds, the two minerals it purported to be exporting.

Initially, Pattni started small, but when he presented his first nine export compensation forms to his bankers, First American Bank (Kanyotu was one of the directors), the Central Bank and the bank observed some anomaly.

The amount of money purported to have come from overseas was through numerous cash deposits and in various hard currencies, and not through the usual inter-bank transfer.

What they did not know, or perhaps suspected, was that Goldenberg was purchasing hard currencies at the local market, depositing them at the First American Bank account, and using that to demand export compensation.

With the myriad questions by the Central Bank and the First American Bank, Pattni decided to register his own bank in August 1991, with a proposed capital of Sh40 million, which was deposited with Transnational Bank Ltd.

At first, he wanted the bank to be known as Republic National Bank.

The bank’s shareholding almost mimicked that of Goldenberg International.

Pattni and Kanyotu each held 25 per cent stake, while a Mrs Daksha Rana took a 25 per cent shareholding. Bhailal Patel and Rohit Damji held the balance.

But when the company was finally formed, the names of Rana, Patel and Damji disappeared and only Kanyotu and Pattni remained with one share each of Sh1,000.

CBK MISTAKE

One of the early mistakes was that CBK did not check if the bank had any capital.

The bank started operating on June 4, 1992 and was authorised as a depository institution under the Exchange Control Act on July 30, 1992.

With the bank and the company set, it was easy to transact business.

The two — the company and the bank — entered the market at a time when President Daniel Arap Moi’s government was facing an economic downturn in the country and was desperate for foreign exchange.

With few economic managers at the Ministry of Finance and facing irregular foreign debt repayment, anyone with a semblance of an idea (however crooked) on how to earn Kenya foreign currency would have received a good audience, both at State House and at the Treasury.

Both the IMF and the World Bank helped the government to come up with various schemes and economic policies that included the liberalisation of the economy and removal of currency controls, which ended up depleting the foreign exchange reserves.

MULTI-PARTY CLAMOUR

On the political side, the clamour for multi-party politics was reaching a crescendo and Kanu was desperate for another term.

Pattni came on the scene during this time and into the hands of desperate politicians and reckless economists and administrators.

Pattni had studied then Finance minister George Saitoti’s June 1990 budget speech and the various proposals that would see Kenya promote the “production of industrial and other non-traditional exports.”

Prof Saitoti had put in place the Export Compensation Scheme, which was to encourage the re-export of minerals from other countries via Kenya.

The companies would be compensated for that effort after lodging the paperwork.

To get the compensation ­— and this was paid in cash — an exporter had to have the export forms stamped by the necessary authorities and confirmation that all the foreign exchange relating to the exports had been received and sold to the CBK.

If in the paper you said you exported gold worth $1,000, the government would pay you $200 or 20 per cent of the remitted currency.

The government had no way of verifying the volume of what was exported. It relied on a paper trail.

MONOPOLY

Pattni sought and was given a monopoly to export gold and diamonds on the promise that he would earn the country $50 million. And instead of the legal 20 per cent compensation, his company was granted 35 per cent, which was concealed in the budget as “customs refund”.

While Goldenberg breached all the exchange control regulations and the agreement it had signed with CBK to abide by the rules, Pattni used his connections to get his compensation paid after the claim was processed by the Customs and Excise Department.

While CBK governor Eric Kotut was alerted to this by his exchange controller, T.K. Birech-Kuruna, nothing was done.

Pattni tried his luck with Citibank and they smoked him out before he finally settled for government-owned banks, which were easier to corrupt.

Although CBK was informed about the dubious transaction, it continued paying export compensation without verifying whether any exports took place.

And by registering his own bank, Pattni was able to escape scrutiny.

WILSON AIRPORT

A day in the multi-billion Goldenberg scandal would often be dramatic. On October 22, 1991, for example, senior customs officer, Samuel Njiraini was in his office at Wilson Airport when an aeroplane from Bunia, Zaire, landed at 8 pm.

As an examining officer grade 2, Njiraini would work late into the evening just in case somebody tried to smuggle anything through the airport.

Kamlesh Pattni never committed these crimes alone, he used bankers, partners and one of the most important people of his cabinet was none other than Kanji Damji Pattni. 

According to close associates of Kanji Damji Pattni Kamlesh Pattni’s wife Minal Pattni and her mother, Anjana Morarji are always the Victoria Commercial Bank founder’s house. 

In 2003, during an inquiry on Goldenberg, Kanji Pattni was immensely mentioned as the courier to Kamlesh Pattni, revealing how he made money to open a bank just after the scandal. It is suspected that Kamlesh Pattni is a faceless owner of the Victoria Commercial Bank.

Mr Pattni had indicated that the Sh10 million a month was to go to his cousin, Mr Kanji Damji Pattni so he could pay “the authorities” to obtain the licence.

Mr Justice Aganyanya, the inquiry’s vice chairman said: “We have checked the Hansard report and are satisfied that names of Prof Saitoti, Gideon Moi and June Moi were not mentioned as the persons who demanded Sh10 million to assist Aurum Ltd to get a licence to deal or export gold. It is actually a man called Kanji Damji who mentioned the figure of Sh10 million which was required for those who intended to assist that company to acquire the requisite licence.”

KANJI DAMJI PATTNI 

The founder of Victoria Bank has been accused of being inhuman. 

It is said Kanji Damji Pattni took the life and property of his late step-uncle Girdharlal Pattni and let his widow Shantaben and his three daughters Daksha, Raksha and Hasmita live in exile in poverty. 

Damji Devji, Kanji’s father shared the same father as Girdharlal Pattni but not the same mother. After Damji Devji’s mother passed away his father remarried and Girdharlal was born. 

He was a kind, noble man that respected everyone in this world and reached out to help anyone in need. The wicked actions of his step-nephew Kanji Damji Pattni caused him to leave Kenya without a shilling and the stress and vindictive games that Kanji Damji Pattni played ended up with him dying in London a young man.

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Iniquity: immoral or grossly unfair behaviour. Similar words: Wickedness, sinfulness, immorality impropriety, vice, evil, criminality, villainy, obscenity.

Equity Bank Of Kenya Limited: Are our deposits/ monies safe with you?

Attention Central Bank Of Kenya and Governor Patrick Njoroge, Equity Bank of Kenya is a den of wickedness, iniquity and inequity. Their systems are not functional and thus many clients continue to lose money.

Fuck Kenyans too, who told you that you should open accounts with Equity Bank, haven’t you seen the many scandals that have been reported and nothing happens? Why don’t you find another bank?

Hi Nyakundi,

Faith Wanjiku, is a 73 yrs old lady who suffers from high blood pressure, and is therefore in need of a lot of assistance with relatively mundane tasks; opened an account with Equity Bank on the 31st day of May 2019.

Shortly thereafter she sold her land, her only asset and possession, at around Kshs. 2 million, and deposited the money into her account. She was to use the money to buy another smaller and cheaper piece of land where she planned to build a simple house to live in the rest of her life.

She remitted her first installment of around Kshs. 1 M a weeks days later, and was to complete payment of the purchase price upon attainiing consent of the LCB.

Unfortunately, this was not to be.

On the 16th day of July 2019 the sum of Kshs. 970, 216 was illegally siphoned from her account in 4 series of transactions using the Eazzy App platform by Equity in the following sequence.

1. Ksh 300, 030. 00 to Vivian Jelagat Kips
2. Ksh 300, 030. 00 transferred to Anthony Babu Kaira
3. Ksh 300, 030. 00 Kelvin Maina Mwaniki
4. Ksh 70, 000.00 to various equity numbers.

Note:

– Faith does not own a smart phone.

– Faith has never registered to or subscribed to Eassy App or sought any service from them.

– Faith was never notified when the Eassy App account was opened linking her account with it despite having given her contacts to the bank during A/C opening.

– Faith has never lost her ATM.

Upon reporting the illegal siphoning of funds from her account she was asked to wait for investigations to be completed by the bank, while already blaming her in that she gave out her ATM PIN to a third party.

After giving her the run around for over a month and constant demand they (Equity) revert, eventually came up with a volumnous report, which they refused to share with her or give her a copy; Faith was simply told that because her sister assisted her to withdraw money from an ATM (Remember she is sick and her sister is her sole and trusted caretaker) they could not assist her, she compromised her PIN.

She demanded to know:-

If her sister was a suspect? The answer was no.

Did her sister open the Eazzy App? the answer was no.

They confirmed.

1. She had never opened an Eassy App account.
2. The theft was not as a result of the pin or her sister assistance.

They (Equity) concluded:-

That they will not give the money back to the poor, now homeless old ailing lady.

Faith needs her money back, her project has stalled, she has been left destitute, she is in default of a land agreement, she is now landless, destitute, sick and in need of medication.

All because of negligence of Equity Bank (K) limited.

Her deposits/monies, life’s work, was squandered through Equity in 4 transactions, they have denied liability, they have thrown her out in the cold.

FAITH IS DESPERATE.

TODAY IT IS FAITH.

TOMORROW IT WILL BE YOU.

YOUR DEPOSITS/MONEY IS NOT SAFE WITH EQUITY BANK (K) LTD.

Cnyakundi.com has the bank statements to confirm that the above indeed happened.

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The special general meeting (SGM) is meant to discuss the looting of the institution by the principal.

Hi Nyakundi,

Kindly note that the office of the County Director of Education of Mombasa has reversed its earlier ban on the special general meeting (SGM) and has now approved it.

This is after parents of Nyali school had a meeting to explain matters affecting the school. It’s sad to note that the County Director had initially been mis-advised on the purpose of the meeting. We are now calling the Secretary of the club to call for the SGM immediately.

We can’t wait as looting goes on in the school.

This below is what has been happening at Nyali School.

READ: Nyali School Bus Scandal – Corruption Is Still The Order Of The Day

The Looting Principal: Nyali School Bus Scandal

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