Why did the lawyers of Cyprus-based businessman Anura Perera try to arrange a private meeting with anti-corruption czar John Githongo in a London hotel in late 2004...
Perera accuses John Githongo of using 'intimidation on a grand scale' in a bid to write-off the alleged loan to his father...
Perera's lawyers insist their attempts to arrange a meeting between their client and John Githongo were centred on securing repayment of the loan contracted by Githongo's father...
Perera's lawyers appeared to want John Githongo to be present at the meetings because of his father's history of ill-health attested in medical letters presented to the court...
In August 2004 Perera's lawyers proposed a confidential meeting in a London hotel with John Githongo to discuss the loan dispute...
In a lawyer's letter seen by Africa Confidential John Githongo's lawyers wrote to Perera's lawyer Muin Malik: 'Should Mr...
Perera want to meet him [John Githongo] on any other issue please provide me with the details of those matters and John will then inform me whether he considers a meeting desirable...
' John Githongo utterly rejects Perera's version of events...
'Perera's claims are preposterous ' John Githongo told Africa Confidential...
John Githongo refers to a meeting on 20 May 2004 in the office of the then Justice Minister Kiraitu Murungi in which the Minister produced a lawyer's case file on the loan to Joseph Githongo which he said was provided by AH Malik & Co...
Just as important was Kibaki's decision to abolish the post of former anti-corruption czar John Githongo Permanent Secretary for Ethics and Governance...
Exiled anti-corruption czar John Githongo is to return to Kenya next month to hand a detailed dossier on his investigations into parliament's Public Accounts Committee...
In February after Kenya's anti-corruption czar John Githongo resigned in frustration Bellamy said he had not been supported by Kibaki's government and announced the freezing of $2 mn...
Otieno's predecessor was John Githongo who was appointed to head the government's anti-corruption drive in 2003 and resigned in frustration in February (AC Vol 46 No 4)...
Mwalimu Mati a close associate of the indefatigable John Githongo is expected to take up the organisation's leadership in Kenya after he returns from a trip to London...
Pressure mounts on President Mwai Kibaki to act against corruption after his anti-graft czar John Githongo resigned on 7 February...
Anti-Corruption czar John Githongo's position has been undermined by a coterie of officials who have been volubly dismissive of the Anglo-Leasing investigation...
Passport to prosecution The investigation into the passports deal was led by anti-corruption czar John Githongo a Permanent Secretary in the President's Office...
Kibaki's internationally respected anti-corruption czar John Githongo has succeeded in tracing $1 bn...
Now Kibaki has hired the head of anti-graft lobby Transparency International John Githongo as Permanent Secretary for good governance to monitor the government's anti-corruption campaign...
