Yet Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka joined the convoy to Uhuru Park along with ministers Kiraitu Murungi (Energy) and Samuel Poghisio (Information and Communications) who are both from President Mwai Kibaki's Party of National Unity and Sally Kosgei (Agriculture) Najib Balala and other former stalwarts of Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement...
Haunted by old cases Once the coalition government was formed in June 2008 the Embassy named the cabinet ministers it thought corrupt: George Saitoti (Goldenberg) Kiraitu Murungi (Anglo Leasing) Frederick Omulo Gumo (acquiring up to US$10 million of stolen government property) William Ruto (illegal acquisition of land) Sally Kosgei (selling land owned by Kenya Railways); Henry Kosgey (defrauding the Kenya National Reassurance Company) Kipkalya Kones (kickbacks on road building); and John Haroun Mwau (reputed drug trafficking)...
Energy Minister Kiraitu Murungi has called the ICC ‘imperialists’ and has publicly defended his fellow Meru Muthaura...
Five years ago his old rival then Justice Minister Kiraitu Murungi swore to ‘shake every corner of the country’ in the 2005 constitutional referendum campaign (AC Vol 47 No 6)...
PNU ministers Kiraitu Murungi Moses Wetang'ula John Michuki and George Saitoti were said to be against the amended laws necessary to establish a tribunal presented by Kilonzo to the cabinet on 14 July...
Feigning outrage in parliament Energy Minister Kiraitu Murungi has ordered investigations into how an estimated 126 million litres of petroleum worth Ksh7...
Vol 49 No 25 |
- KENYA
- ANALYSIS
One influential faction within the PNU consists of Uhuru Kenyatta (Deputy Prime Minister and Trade Minister) George Saitoti (Internal Security Minister) and Kiraitu Murungi (Energy)...
We hear there have been negotiations about an alliance between Ruto and Uhuru Kenyatta as well as George Saitoti and Kiraitu Murungi...
Two of them Justice Minister Martha Karua and Energy Minister Kiraitu Murungi have declared an interest in the presidency in 2012 when the next election comes round...
The amendment will protect ministers such as Kiraitu Murungi and Moody Awori who are accused of involvement in the contracts and their foreign partners...
