Witness fingers ex-president - Kenya

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Nairobi - The chief witness in Kenya's biggest fraud scandal has alleged that former president Daniel arap Moi received 11 million shillings (about R900 000) in profit from spurious exports of gold and diamonds in the early 1990s.

Business tycoon Kamlesh Pattni, the director of Goldenberg International, told a public inquiry on Tuesday that he had taken suitcases stuffed with cash on different occasions to Moi. The total amounted to 11 million shillings, he said.

"After my company received its first (export) compensation of 20% from the customs and 15% from the treasury ... I arranged to deliver his (Moi's) share of the profits," Pattni said.

http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1539900,00.html


SECRETARY POWELL: Thank you Mr. President. Mr. President, Mr. Vice President, members of the Cabinet, Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s a great pleasure to be here today. And as the President noted we had a very, very fruitful discussion covering a wide range of issues.


I began by extending best wishes to the President from President Bush and conveying to President Moi our deep appreciation for the kind of support that Kenya has provided to the United States military forces over the years. I took off my Secretary’s hat and put on my General’s hat for a moment because I remember very vividly how important its support was for the United States military during a variety of crises in recent years.


I extended to President Moi President Bush’s determination that Africa be a priority in American foreign policy during his administration, and I gave evidence of that by citing the fact that we will be holding the forum for the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act follow-on efforts this fall in Washington D.C. As President Moi noted, I also referenced the fact that President Bush, alongside Koffi Annan, announced the Global Development Initiative and the Global Development Fund to deal with HIV/AIDS and launch it with a $200 million commitment from the United States.

http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2001/3110.htm

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[colonel odis]

1. love that headline

perhaps the fact that right now i'm in alabama made me see it that way. of course, most of the fingering in this state is done by a brother to his sister.

[seemslikeadream]

2. I'm from Chicago and it usually meant something completely different