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Arrest Kabura, present her to
us, House team tells Boinnet
JAMES MBAKA
(STheStarKenya
National Assembly Public Accounts Committee says it cannot conclude its
investigations without the suspect's input, gives the IG 48 hours to act
Arrest Josephine Kabura and
present her to Parliament within
48 hours so she can give testimony,
a parliamentary committee has
ordered Inspector General Joseph
Boinnet.
Kabura is a key suspect in the
Sh791 million NYS scandal being
probed by the National Assembly
Public Accounts Committee. The
arrest order was issued after Kabura
snubbed the committee for the third
consecutive time, despite summons.
She was supposed to appear before
the Nicholas Gumbo­led committee
yesterday morning. Kabura is
accused of being the lead conduit
whose account was used to channel
Shi.8 billion stolen from the NYS.
The committee members did not
take kindly the decision by Kabura
to snub them. Her lawyer FI Omino
wrote to the committee, explaining
that her client could not appear
because she cannot be traced.
The members said Kabura is a key
witness and must be compelled by
all means to appear before them.
"The witness has been a very difficult
one to deal with and very difficult to
reach, as her mobile phone number is
ever switched off. I will now write to
the IG and force her to appear before
us," Gumbo said. "It's unfortunate
she has failed to appear before us
again. We can't conclude without her
input."
Timothy Bosire (Kitutu Masaba)
said by failing to appear before the
committee, Kabura has waived her
right to be heard by the committee
before the final report is written as the
committee enters the homestretch.
"This is an ordinary citizen who
has done extraordinary things as far
as this NYS scandal is concerned. It is
important that we meet her and hear
her side," Bosire said. "We should not
waste a lot of time thinking of what to
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do, let's instruct the IG to produce her
before us." Balambala MP Abdikadir
Aden echoed Bosire's statement.
(+) SUMMONED
THREE TIMES BUT
FAILED TO APPEAR
The committee wrote to Kabura three
times—on September 17, October 3 and
October 17. She defied all the summons,
as her lawyer kept requesting for new
dates. Yesterday, Omino requested the
committee allow her client to appear
on November 11. This was vehemently
rejected by members, who also
expressed concern why the documents
they need cannot be provided on
grounds they are already used by the
court, hence the lawyer is uncomfortable
producing them again for them.
NYS scam suspect Josephine Kabura at the Milimani law courts on August 22 /philip kamakya
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