Talk:Nicholas Biwott

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I disagree with the article for I can't see how hardwork can change things while most countries spend more than 50% servicing their debt interest. The paragraph below is however pertinent to Biwott article. It may help build up a more detailed biography.

Kanans got a degree in criminal justice, and rose to become a senior police official and an expert on terrorist bombings. But in the late 1980s, he said, he was fired when he tried to stop a Kenyan official named Nicholas Biwott from smuggling in cheap sugar from abroad without paying taxes. Newspaper reports from that time confirmed Kanans's story. Since then, Biwott has been the subject of numerous corruption investigations. [1]

Some major whitewashing going on here - but all seems correct. Wizzy…☎ 10:53, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Goldenberg Affair[edit]

In the Bosire report, the following is said :-

Para 511: Lima Limited is said have received Kshs.6,300,000.00 from GIL [Exht. 81D] According to records availed to the Commission by the Companies Registry the shareholders and directors of this company are Hon. Kipyator Nicholas Kiprono Biwott, Hon. Gideon Kipsielei Moi, Mr. Tasneem Ashraf and Mr. Vaizman Aharoni. Despite a request by the Commission neither the company nor the above named people bothered to explain what this payment was for. The money should be recovered either from the company or the said people as the case may be.

Para 693. Evidence was given before us concerning the payment by the Deposit Protection Fund Board of KShs. 600,000,000/=, which involved Trade Bank Ltd, Pan-African Bank Ltd and Liabilities of H.Z. & Co. Ltd.

Para 694. We have anxiously considered this matter but we have to conclude that since no moneys of Goldenberg were involved, the matter is outside our terms of reference and that therefore we cannot enquire into it. Besides some of the matters touching on these are pending before courts while others have been the subject matter of concluded litigation.

Para 511 points the finger squarely at Biwott. That information belongs in the article. User:Jolantak has spent a great deal of effort to whitewash this article, but this information stays. Wizzy…☎ 08:35, 13 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I restored that section to my previous edit, and shortened the Robert Ouko section to 'just the facts'. Wizzy…☎ 12:52, 13 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The sentence written by 'Wizzy', 'He was also considered a major player in the Goldenberg affair, Kenya's biggest corruption scandal', simply is not true, nor is is supported by the facts.

In the ten year period between news of the Goldenburg scandal breaking and the Bosire Commission, Biwott's named was not mentioned in connection with the scandal. (At the time of the fraud Biwott was not in government). In the Commission's 418 page report, Biwott is mentioned in just two short paragraphs. In one (para 693) it says 'no moneys of Goldenberg were involved'. In para 511 it refers to an accusation, not a fact, i.e., 'said (to) have receieved Kshs. 6,300,000 from GIL' and makes an untrue statement that the Commission requested the company directors and 'the company' to attend the Commission and explain the transaction.

Para 511 of the Boisire Report says that 'Lima Limited is said have received Kshs. 6,300,000 from GIL'. There was no proof that it was GIL money. If it was GIL money it was Ksh 6.3m out of Ksh 158.3 billion so not a 'major player'. It transpired that the Ksh 6.3m was payment for agriculutural equipment (Lima Ltd's business), a transaction supported by audited accounts and documentation, and a transaction that Biwott would have been unlikely to have been aware of.

Para 511 also states that 'Despite a request by the Commission neither the company nor the above named people bothered to explain what this payment was for'. This, it also transpired, was also misleading. Neither Biwott nor Lima Ltd representatives were summoned to appear in front of the commission. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jolantak (talk • contribs) 14:09, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your response. Neither Biwott nor Lima Ltd representatives were summoned to appear in front of the commission. I cannot vouch for the commission, but I cannot believe that they would write Para 511 without reasonable suspicion, and without attempting to contact the principals. Wizzy…☎ 15:14, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

KTM report[edit]

Do you have any comments on the KTM Report ? Wizzy…☎ 15:17, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Whitewashing[edit]

I see Jolantak, a single-issue editor, is still working on this article. Wizzy…☎ 17:13, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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