President Kenyatta has reacted to the Pandora Papers investigation that linked his family with 11 secret offshore accounts.
In a statement issued by State House Spokesperson Kanze Dena on Monday, Uhuru welcomed the exposé, saying it will improve financial accountability.
“The Pandora Papers and subsequent follow up audits will lift that veil of secrecy and darkness for those who cannot explain their assets or wealth,” Kenyatta stated.
“…these reports will go a long way in enhancing the financial transparency and openness that we require in Kenya and around the globe. The movement of illicit funds, proceeds of crime and corruption thrive in an environment of secrecy and darkness.”
Kenyatta did not directly answer to allegations that his family has stashed up to Sh3 billion in secret offshore accounts through a network of companies, but he promised to issue a comprehensive response once he returns from his State visit to the Americas.
The exposé, which is based on documents leaked to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalism (ICIJ), claimed that President Kenyatta and six members of his family secretly own a network of offshore companies.
One of the companies is a foundation named Varies which was established in 2003 with Mama Ngina Kenyatta and President Kenyatta as the first and second benefactors respectively.
Another company called Milrun International Limited was set up in 1999 by Mama Ngina and her daughters, Kristina and Anna, in the British Virgin Islands.
Mama Ngina and her daughters were advised by international wealth experts from the Swiss Bank Union Bancaire Privée (UBP), which recruited Alcogal, a Panamanian law firm specializing in setting up and administering offshore companies, according to ICIJ.
Invoices from Alcogal to the bank show that the Swiss advisers referred to the Kenyattas with the code ‘client 13173.’
UBP also helped Uhuru’s brother Muhoho Kenyatta to set up a company in Panama called Criselle Foundation.
“Lisemwalo lipo, na kama…
“Lisemwalo lipo, na kama halipo…laja.” I hope somebody, like Kihara, will misadvise Uhuru again on this one. That these are fake news or that he should sue them for defamation. NOPE! Don’t even think about it. ICIJ are not like the corrupt and inept Law Society of Kenya or toothless Kenya Association of Journalists. These are legitimate professionalism who verify and confirm that what they are putting out there is the truth and nothing but the truth. At over 90 years old, I can’t belief that Mama Ngina is still doing what she knows best: greediness through corruption. In the late 1960s or early 1970s, Mama Ngina truckloads of ivory was seized by the then Provincial Police Commissioner who notified her husband about it. As usual, mzee Kenyatta was furious with her and ordered she be taken to court. Cut the story short, then Coast Provincial Commissioner Eliud Mahihu successfully helped her throw the case under the carpet: for good. Thats how PC Mahihu today owns most of the coast province. But one question that boggles me is, “how much is really enough for these greedy drunkards?” No wonder thats why he sought takataka handshake so that Raila do not give him nightmares as he prepare to exit the presidency.
1. Thousands of hectares in Nakurus Rongai.
2. Thousand of hectares in Bahati, Nakuru.
3. Thousand of hectares at Gicheha Farm.
4. Thousand of hectares around Kamakis fully grown with blue gum trees and occupied by Brookside Dairy.
5. Thousand of hectares in Taita Taveta.
6. Recently acquired Naivasha’s Delamere Estate.
7. Recently acquired 1000 acres in Masai Mara.
8. The Great Rift Valley Lodge along Naivashas North Lake road.
9. Owns NCBA bank that manage Mshwari app, which has listed poor and vulnerable Kenyans to the CRB.
Am exhausted. Can Mkenya Halisi, Mugikuyu, Imara Daima, Maxiley, Kora Kanini or others help me out from there?
Ili Kenya ifufuke tena na…
Ili Kenya ifufuke tena na kuanza safari ya kuendelea mbele, ni lazima tuwapate viongozi wapya ambao hawana kovu (scar) yoyote kwenye uporaji wa mali ya umma 2022. Tunataka kiongozi wa DCI na EACC wawachunguze wagombea wote wa viti vya uongozi ili wananchi wawachague watu ambao wanafaa na pia wanastahili kuiongoza nchi ya Kenya vizuri.
Tunataka kiongozi ambaye anaweza kukomesha mara moja mambo yanayotokana na hongo na rushwa nchini. Viongozi wote wa sasa wanajua jinsi mwananchi wa kawaida anavyosumbuliwa na askari polisi barabarani wakiombaomba hongo na huku wananchi hawana mahali popote wanapoweza kwenda kuwashtaki askari polisi hawa ambao hawana huruma na mwananchi wa kawaida.
Tunataka rais mpya ambaye atakwenda kuwahudumia wananchi siyo kutajirika kwa kuyapora mali ya umma.
Tunataka kiongozi kama Dada Angela Markle aliyetawala nchi ya Ujerumani kwa muda wa miaka 16 bila kupora hata senti moja ya mali ya taifa. Kiongozi huyu alijifulia nguo zake huku akisaidiwa na mumewe bila mfanyikazi kuwasaidia na miradi ya kawaida ya nyumbani.
Tunataka kiongozi kama yule aliyekuwa rais wa nchi ya Uruguway (Jose Mujica) ambaye alitoa asilimia tisini (90%) ya mshahara wake kuwajengea nyumba watu walio maskini. Aliendesha motokaa ya aina ya VW Beetle!
Kenya inahitaji kiongozi mpya kama Hayati Ndugu Borito Kambarage Nyerere aliyetawala nchi ya Tanzania bila kuficha mali ya Tanzania nje ya nchi au kujijengea majumba ya kifahari kama tunavyoona viongozi wengine wengi wa dunia wakifanya sasa.
Kenya tayari ina mtu ambaye anaweza kuwahudumia wananchi bila kuwa na uroho (greed) au pupa. WaKenya, Amkeni! Tayari tuna mtu ambaye anaweza kuifufua Kenya tena mara moja na yeye ni Ndugu yetu KIVUTHA KIBWANA.
No problema mr president as…
No problema mr president as long as the source of these funds can be explained, feel free to stash your ‘sweat’ wherever you deem fit. I dont trust the current and former thieves in Kenya banking led by my own neighbors samoei ruto na rotich and the current thief ekuru yatani. See how they f’ed and still fkng the central bank????! Jesus, kenya needs prayers.
Caught red handed, Uhuru had…
Caught red handed, Uhuru had nothing to say about the money they have hidden abroad. Yet, the children of Mau Mau and the regular workers of Kenya are still hangry and unable to make ends meet with their less than $2 per day. How can you be so heartless? How can you watch our children scavenging for food from rubbish dumps in Nairobi and feel nothing? How can you watch sick women and children die for lack of simple medication when you have stashed their hard earned money overseas? Kenyans should demand the repatriation of all that stolen money back into the country immediately. Members of parliament should convene an emergency meeting and demand the president to explain the billions of shillings his family is hiding abroad. Mps should move to impeach the president for high crimes of theft and betrayal of Kenya. All our so called leaders must have their lifestyle audited immediately. All those seeking leadership office-2022 should have the same audit carried out and their wealth declared before being cleared to run. We want our money back. If this money is not stolen, why is it not in a bank in Kenya helping grow the economy???
We shouldn’t get ahead of…
We shouldn’t get ahead of ourselves sir. Lets wait to hear his side of the story, give him a chance to explain when he jets back to the country. Banking abroad is NOT a crime, the last time I checked and neither is one obliged to bank in Kenya!! For instance, I run a beef and dairy farm in Kiptagut, kericho, and eldoret but I do my banking abroad in dollars for the simple fact of high volatility of losing value of the Kenya shillings. Further, the ridiculous high interest rates from banks in Kenya from loans made my final decision to move my funds. So lets not be too short sighted to call the man all names and assume ‘theft’ when we don’t have all the facts. Lets be wise and smart or we are just bickering wise fools, keyboard political worriors!!!
@Kipngetch, the constitution…
@Kipngetch, the constitution of Kenya Article 76(2) prohibits a state officer from maintaining a bank account outside Kenya except in accordance with an act of parliament. However, section 2 of the article adds ” a state officer who has reasonable grounds for opening or operating a bank account outside Kenya shall apply to the EACC commission for approval to open or operate such a bank account. Obviously Uhuru never sought permission to open and operate a foreign bank account from EACC – otherwise it wouldn’t be a secret offshore account now, would it be? By the way, you sound like such a gentleman until when you begin to spew insults like a hooligan!
That’s all very well. Has he…
That’s all very well. Has he declared the 3 billions? Tax the heck.com
The way to go is the Guinee…
The way to go is the Guinee mali way then we bring all that stollen monies back in our country.But one day one day Revolution Revolution will drop like thunders
ONLY revolution will help…
ONLY revolution will help this negroes land
They all call their poor…
They all call their poor tribesmen to defend them.
Ndugu @ MjuaJi:
Uliponguruma…
Ndugu @ MjuaJi:
Uliponguruma na kusema, “…No wonder that’s why he sought takataka handshake so that Raila do not give him nightmares as he prepare to exit the presidency.” Ndugu, umesema kweli kabisa.
Kusema kweli, Ndugu Uhuru Ngina Kamau alimpita akili Ndugu Raila Juma Oginga walipoamkiana kwa njia isiyojulikana. Maamkizi haya (handshake) yalimnyamazisha Raila na kumwezesha Uhuru kutawala kwa miaka minne bila kuwa na wasiwasi, kiwewe, au kupoteza usingizi hata kwa sekondi moja.
Waswahili wana msemo mmoja usemao, “Asiyekubali kushindwa si mshindani.” Raila astahili kumvulia kofia ya tarabushi Uhuru kwa kumpita akili.
WaKenya wanastahili kuziuliza swali hili: Je, ni haki Ndugu Kipchirchir Samoei Arap Ruto na chama chake cha bandia cha UDA (United Devils Association) kufikiria kuwa rais wa Kenya?
“…The Foreign Account Tax…
“…The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) requires banks around the world to report balances and any activity of American citizens to the IRS or face fines.”
Uncle Sam also has the…
Uncle Sam also has the ability to make life difficult even for giant multinational banks even without guilty verdicts. Kenya’s laws, even more than US laws, act in concert with corrupt judges to protect the rich and powerful. IMHO this will be brushed under the rug despite the fact that Article 76 (2) of the Kenya’s Constitution prohibits a state officer from maintaining a bank account outside Kenya except in accordance with an Act of Parliament. He apparently forgot that he swore to protect,preserve and defend Kenya’s constitution.
What is there to respond…
What is there to respond.
They don’t want to pay taxes & that money is part of the missing public funds.
COMRADES,
THIS IS NOT NEW…
COMRADES,
THIS IS NOT NEW.
UHURU, KIBAKI,MOI AND JOMO WERE AND ARE BEING PROTECTED BY THE WEST PERIOD.
WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT AFRICA IS SITTING ON BILLIONS WORTH OF RESOURCES. THE ONLY WAY THE WEST GETS IT IS BY CORRUPTING THE LEADERSHIP.
REVOLUTION WILL BE KEY.
THEY’VE TOLD US THAT KENYA IS A LOVE PEACEFUL NATION,WHICH IS TRUE, BUT PEACEFUL AND LOVE IS BEING USED AND TURNED INTO FEAR.
COMRADES, IT’S TIME TO RECLAIM WHAT’S RIGHTFULLY OURS.
BEING ROBBED LIKE FOOLS HAVE TO COME TO AND END.
CHANGE NEEDS TO HAPPEN BY THE BULLET BECAUSE, PRAYERS ARE NOT WORKING.
COMMON SENSE DICTATES THAT WE CAN PRAY ALL WE WANT, BUT WITHOUT ACTION, NOTHING HAPPENS.
THE BIBLE SAYS FAITH WITHOUT ACTION IS DEAD.
ALL THESE GARBAGE WITH THEIR…
ALL THESE GARBAGE WITH THEIR CORRUPT TRIBESMEN NEED CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE FOR ALL POOR PEOPLE
We poor people need stop…
We poor people need stop stealing from us due to our weaknesses .
WE JOIN HANDS LIKE BEES AND WILL KILL ELEPHANT, LIONS ….ALL
We poor people rise up and…
We poor people rise up and burn city we BIULT to build a better than that and long lasting
Kenyatta family: the longest…
Kenyatta family: the longest stealing careers started as a rookie in 1963. MVP since then. Congrats!! Your years of chain corruption for decades must come to an end. Old and new corruption must be stopped. Landless Mau Mau must have their land back. We can’t wear dread locks of poverty generation after generation.
Avoiding paying taxes you…
Avoiding paying taxes you stashing wealth abroad is illegal as is stealing from the people and keeping all the money in the country. Most leaders who have served in the government have become rich through dubious means. Looks like whoever is elected as the next leader will not be stain free. A sin is a sin big or small.
And this is news to who? We…
And this is news to who? We know this family has money more than any other families in Kenya. Now that the public knows, what next? He’s still president, the man will not resign or lose a penny. If anything he’s only going to get richer. If Kenyans are worried about this new discovery, they are the one losing.