E-Clips:- Business Pictorial - MPs Demand Fresh Probe Into Anglo-Leasing Scam

THREE Members of Parliament yesterday demanded a fresh probe into the Sh2.7 billion passports scandal whose report was rejected by Parliament on Wednesday protesting its own decision to expunge the name of Finance minister David Mwiraria.

The government should now take up the matter and tie together all the evidence received by Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and the Permanent Secretary for Ethics and Governance. This evidence should be passed on to the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) to pursue the matter without further delay and prosecute the culprits,” said immediate former PAC Chairman Omingo Magara.

The government should now take up the matter and tie together all the evidence received by (PAC) and the Permanent Secretary for Ethics and Governance

Accompanied by MPs Sospeter Ojaamong (Amagoro, Narc) and Archbishop Stephen Ondiek (Ugenya, Narc), Magara said the war against corruption will not be won on the platform of pronouncements and numerous commissions of inquiry but through real action and punishment of the perpetrators. “This will make corrupt business in this country a risky venture without regard to how good or close the perpetrators would appear to us.”

Opposition MPs on Wednesday outwitted the government and surprisingly rejected the PAC report on the passports scam popularly known as the Anglo-Leasing scandal. Last week, the government mounted a fierce campaign and had the name of David Mwiraria expunged from the report.

The matter has now been put to rest in the House unless a fresh probe is instituted on the Sh2.7 billion contract.