Soon he and a few of his YK-92 colleagues fell out with Moi's inner circle especially Nicholas Biwott who suspected YK activists were getting too close to the president (AC Vol 43 No 21 At the end of the Rainbow)...
Previously he enjoyed business relations with ex-President Daniel arap Moi and two of his now deceased ministers Nicholas Biwott and former Vice-President George Saitoti (AC Vol 53 No 13)...
In addition to Maraga the insiders were Justice Jackton Ojwang second in command of the Supreme Court who faced a petition for his removal for 'misconduct' because of his part in the coup to extend the tenure of justices; Supreme Court Justice Smokin Wanjala a progressive supporter of Mutunga; Appeals Court Justice Alnashir Visram known for awarding record libel damages to former President Daniel arap Moi's right-hand man Nicholas Biwott in 2000 which some felt sent a negative message about free speech; Appeals Court Judge Roselyne Naliaka Nambuye known for being late in submitting decisions; and High Court Judge Mbogholi Msagha...
Consultancy firm Kroll's leaked report on corruption during Moi's 24 years in power links Sethi with 74 properties owned by Moi's son Gideon Moi in South Africa but held in Sethi's name as well as with Moi's close long-term collaborator Nicholas Biwott (AC Vol 48 No 18 Leaky bucket)...
Of all of them – and they include the likes of current Vice-President Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka slain Foreign Affairs Minister Robert Ouko and Moi’s personal assistant Nicholas Kipyator Biwott – Saitoti was perhaps the most pliable...
Nicholas Kipyator Biwott and Amos Wako had already been banned accused of gross corruption and impunity in connection with political violence...
In 2000 he awarded record damages for libel to Nicholas Kipyator Biwott the strongman of Daniel arap Moi’s regime who had sued the publishers of Iain West’s Casebook for implicating him in the murder of Foreign Minister Robert Ouko...
Vol 50 No 1 |
- EAST AFRICA
In the early 1990s Nicholas Biwott and Hezekiah Oyugi two pillars of the Daniel arap Moi regime were identified as prime suspects in the murder of Foreign Minister Robert Ouko and held at the headquarters of the paramilitary police the General Service Unit (GSU)...
Shareholders in Mobitelea include members of Daniel arap Moi's and Nicholas Biwott's families who held power when the Kenyan government approved Safaricom's licence...
The secret Grand Regency Hotel deal reminds many people of the deals involving Arap Moi and his eminence grise Nicholas Kipyator Biwott...
