Nairobi,KENYA:Senate committee chair on Public Accounts and Investment, Moses Kajwang want the senate speaker Ken Lusaka to initiate committee to investigate allegations by Ruaraka land owner Francis Mburu that some senators were soliciting bribes from him.
In a media briefing at parliamentary buildings, senator Kajwang said that following Mburu’s allegations that senators tried to solicit shs 100 million from him after committees probe of the Ruaraka land saga,there is need for the speaker through the powers and privileges committee to initiate probe on such allegations and take action against any senator who might have been involved in it , also take action against Mburu if his allegations are unsubstantiated.
“We therefore request the speaker of the senate to convene the powers and privileges committee to summon Francis Mburu and his sidekicks to substantiate the allegations of impropriety.”Kajwang said
“We recommend that action be taken against any senator who might have breached parliamentary privilege. “He added
He accused Mburu of frustrating the committee in unearthing the truth about the Ruaraka land saga ,which he insisted that it that is worth shs 3.5 billion.
Kajwang indicated that their investigations was to prosecute those found guilty of causing the loss of shs 1.5 billion and intention to defraud a further shs 1.7 billion whereby investigations were to focus on Francis Mburu and directors of his companies which includes Afrison ,Huelands ,Whispering Palms and Drive Inn.
The report indicated that the Ruaraka land was not private land as alleged by Mburu but it was public land, chair insisting that as per their report Mburu wanted to defraud the government its public land.
