Re: Re: Now former Kenya Aids boss flee Kenya?

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Chiffu

I suggest and hope that I speak for many who've subscribed to this mailing

list, that you keep your comments to yourself, rather than trying to

prejudice the natural cause of justice. Whether Abdullah is innocent or

guilty is for the courts to determine. I'm disappointed at your taking sides

in this issues!

Koech

Re: Now former Kenya Aids boss flee Kenya?

Ndugu ,

With all due respect I stand by my comments that ndugu Abdullah was

caught in a 'crossfire' and is innocent beyond a reasonable doubt and

should something happen to him I will take it as a personal challenge

to notify the human rights organisation and Amnesty and any other

organisation that I am familiar with. I live in New York and I have

access to major organisations. The main culprit here is Gachara and

here is your chance to make money:)

Sh100,000 reward for tips on Gachara

By Nixon Nga'ng'a

A Sh100,000 cash reward will be paid to anyone with information that

would lead to the arrest of former Aids council chief Margaret

Gachara, who is in hiding.

The Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission is seeking the public's

assistance in arresting the former director of the National Aids

Control Council.

Gachara is wanted for obtaining nearly Sh30 million in fake salary

claims.

The picture of Gachara, who has eluded detectives since last year,

and details of the cash offer will be circulated in newspapers next

Monday.

Meanwhile, anybody with relevant information should contact the anti-

graft commission on (020) 2717468.

Commission spokesman Kaplich Barsito said the offer was aimed at

speeding up Gachara's arrest.

" The case against her is of significant public interest and the

earlier it is concluded, the better for the nation. The small

enticement to the public is to hasten the case, " Barsito said.

He said detectives had narrowed the search for Gachara, who is

believed to be within Nairobi.

She is said to have slipped out of her Runda house immediately word

went out that she was wanted in court to answer several charges

related to her leadership of the main Government anti-HIV/Aids

organisation.

The charges stem from a doctored letter she presented to the Aids

council to obtain a monthly salary in excess of Sh2 million that was

an alleged equivalent to her previous pay with JSI/Deliver FLPM Kenya

Projects.

Dr Steve Wilbur, her previous boss, is a co-accused in a case

unearthed by the Efficiency Monitoring Unit that recommended that

Gachara be surcharged and prosecuted for abuse of office.

Gachara is further accused of manipulating the council's human

resources manager, Ms Caroline Ausukuya, and finance manager Francis

Thuku to misrepresent her salary in her letter of appointment as net

instead of gross.

Also sucked into the case is the chairman of the National Aids

Control Council, Dr Mohammed Abdallah, who is accused of abuse of

office by increasing the director's salary arbitrarily.

When details of her massive perks came to light, a cross-section of

the public led by MPs were understandably angry and demanded that she

either accepts a pay cut or be sacked.

They accused her of indulging in extravagance at the expense of

HIV/Aids infected and affected people.

But Office of the President minister Murungaru, under whose

docket the council falls, defended her arguing the pay was pegged on

her previous salary that later turned out to have been a forgery.

Early this month, the Director of Public Prosecution Philip Murgor,

while applying for a warrant of arrest against Gachara, told Chief

Magistrate Aggrey Muchelule that his officers had been unable to

trace her.

A source at Murgor's office said Gachara, who claimed to be in the

United States, called investigators two weeks ago and promised to

make herself available within 10 days.

" But now it is nearly three weeks and we have not heard anything from

her again. The inevitable conclusion is that she was not sincere and

she should be treated as such, " the source said.

However, Barsito said Gachara had spoken to commission officers

yesterday and said though she claimed to be still in the US,

investigators were convinced she was holed up in Nairobi.

There have been unconfirmed allegations that a senior Government

officer was shielding the fugitive even as critics doubted the

Government sincerity in claiming inability to arrest her.

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Ndugu Chifu,

You shall loose on this bet if you believe that former NACC Chairman, Dr.

Abdullah is innocent in the alledged NACC scandals.

If you understood the sociology of looting during the KANU era looters in

any institution " ate " in coordinated and systematic fashion:as the Minister

" ate " he ensured that the Assistant minister, Permanent Secretary also ate

and conversely down and up the ladder.The same modus operandi in other

set-ups like the parastatals .....the Director COULD NOT " eat " without the

Chairman eating as well including the members of the Board or Council. In so

doing they were able to protect each other effectively and even at times

arrogantly. This was part of the culture of corruption during the Moi era

that permeated every rubric of Kenya society.

Do you want to tell this readership that Dr. Abudullah was that naive to

approve a salary that nobody else in the history of Kenya wages has ever

received (over $40,000 monthly including pecks)....This salary was higher

than even former President Moi received, higher that even Gachara's former

boss at Snow(?)received, higher than what most presidents of our donor

countries who gave us money for Aids received. You want to tell us that

Abdullah was just caught in a " crossfire " as you innocously put it?

The rumour mill has had it for years now that Abdullah approved that obscene

salary so that they could share...The reasoning was: " This is donors money,

let's eat it " . This has been the abnoxious reasoning and attitude in

handling Aids in the past.....The leadership at NACC encouraged this

attitude and I can understand why Abdullah has been accused of abuse of

office.

Chifu, with all due respect my brother, you have been away from Kenya too

long. Corruption in Kenya knows no tribe, religion or even race.....

>From: " Chifu " <Chifu2222@...>

>Reply-AIDS treatments

>AIDS treatments

>Subject: Re: Now former Kenya Aids boss flee Kenya?

>Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 06:38:03 -0000

>

>Ndugu ,

>

>With all due respect I stand by my comments that ndugu Abdullah was

>caught in a 'crossfire' and is innocent beyond a reasonable doubt and

>should something happen to him I will take it as a personal challenge

>to notify the human rights organisation and Amnesty and any other

>organisation that I am familiar with. I live in New York and I have

>access to major organisations. The main culprit here is Gachara and

>here is your chance to make money:)

>

>Sh100,000 reward for tips on Gachara

>By Nixon Nga'ng'a

>

>A Sh100,000 cash reward will be paid to anyone with information that

>would lead to the arrest of former Aids council chief Margaret

>Gachara, who is in hiding.

>

>The Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission is seeking the public's

>assistance in arresting the former director of the National Aids

>Control Council.

>

>Gachara is wanted for obtaining nearly Sh30 million in fake salary

>claims.

>

>The picture of Gachara, who has eluded detectives since last year,

>and details of the cash offer will be circulated in newspapers next

>Monday.

>

>Meanwhile, anybody with relevant information should contact the anti-

>graft commission on (020) 2717468.

>

>Commission spokesman Kaplich Barsito said the offer was aimed at

>speeding up Gachara's arrest.

>

> " The case against her is of significant public interest and the

>earlier it is concluded, the better for the nation. The small

>enticement to the public is to hasten the case, " Barsito said.

>

>He said detectives had narrowed the search for Gachara, who is

>believed to be within Nairobi.

>

>She is said to have slipped out of her Runda house immediately word

>went out that she was wanted in court to answer several charges

>related to her leadership of the main Government anti-HIV/Aids

>organisation.

>

>The charges stem from a doctored letter she presented to the Aids

>council to obtain a monthly salary in excess of Sh2 million that was

>an alleged equivalent to her previous pay with JSI/Deliver FLPM Kenya

>Projects.

>

>Dr Steve Wilbur, her previous boss, is a co-accused in a case

>unearthed by the Efficiency Monitoring Unit that recommended that

>Gachara be surcharged and prosecuted for abuse of office.

>

>Gachara is further accused of manipulating the council's human

>resources manager, Ms Caroline Ausukuya, and finance manager Francis

>Thuku to misrepresent her salary in her letter of appointment as net

>instead of gross.

>

>Also sucked into the case is the chairman of the National Aids

>Control Council, Dr Mohammed Abdallah, who is accused of abuse of

>office by increasing the director's salary arbitrarily.

>

>When details of her massive perks came to light, a cross-section of

>the public led by MPs were understandably angry and demanded that she

>either accepts a pay cut or be sacked.

>

>They accused her of indulging in extravagance at the expense of

>HIV/Aids infected and affected people.

>

>But Office of the President minister Murungaru, under whose

>docket the council falls, defended her arguing the pay was pegged on

>her previous salary that later turned out to have been a forgery.

>

>Early this month, the Director of Public Prosecution Philip Murgor,

>while applying for a warrant of arrest against Gachara, told Chief

>Magistrate Aggrey Muchelule that his officers had been unable to

>trace her.

>

>A source at Murgor's office said Gachara, who claimed to be in the

>United States, called investigators two weeks ago and promised to

>make herself available within 10 days.

>

> " But now it is nearly three weeks and we have not heard anything from

>her again. The inevitable conclusion is that she was not sincere and

>she should be treated as such, " the source said.

>

>However, Barsito said Gachara had spoken to commission officers

>yesterday and said though she claimed to be still in the US,

>investigators were convinced she was holed up in Nairobi.

>

>There have been unconfirmed allegations that a senior Government

>officer was shielding the fugitive even as critics doubted the

>Government sincerity in claiming inability to arrest her.

>

>

>

>http://www.eastandard.net/headlines/news20020409.htm

>

>

>

>

>

>

>http://www./group/

>http://www./group/aids-africa (a group made up of Africans

>worldwide)

>Join Digital Africa- an information technology group that discusses IT in

>Africa at http://www./group/digafrica

>

[Guest guest]

Ndugu Chifu,

I forgot to add in my earlier posting that while I side with against

you on this issue that I agree with you nonetheless that every individual is

presumed inncocent until proven guilty.Hence, we can assume Abdullah is

innocent in the same way we can legalistically presume the innocence of

Kamlesh Patni in the Goldenberg scandal. This notwithstanding however, my

argument is that given the facts about NACC as we know them, it would seem

highly unlikely that so many crazy things could happen in an organization

and yet the head of it was just an innocent observer. Could I be wrong that

he just didn't know what was going on? It is possible, but highly

improbable.

>From: " Chifu " <Chifu2222@...>

>Reply-AIDS treatments

>AIDS treatments

>Subject: Re: Now former Kenya Aids boss flee Kenya?

>Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 06:38:03 -0000

>

>Ndugu ,

>

>With all due respect I stand by my comments that ndugu Abdullah was

>caught in a 'crossfire' and is innocent beyond a reasonable doubt and

>should something happen to him I will take it as a personal challenge

>to notify the human rights organisation and Amnesty and any other

>organisation that I am familiar with. I live in New York and I have

>access to major organisations. The main culprit here is Gachara and

>here is your chance to make money:)

>

>Sh100,000 reward for tips on Gachara

>By Nixon Nga'ng'a

>

>A Sh100,000 cash reward will be paid to anyone with information that

>would lead to the arrest of former Aids council chief Margaret

>Gachara, who is in hiding.

>

>The Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission is seeking the public's

>assistance in arresting the former director of the National Aids

>Control Council.

>

>Gachara is wanted for obtaining nearly Sh30 million in fake salary

>claims.

>

>The picture of Gachara, who has eluded detectives since last year,

>and details of the cash offer will be circulated in newspapers next

>Monday.

>

>Meanwhile, anybody with relevant information should contact the anti-

>graft commission on (020) 2717468.

>

>Commission spokesman Kaplich Barsito said the offer was aimed at

>speeding up Gachara's arrest.

>

> " The case against her is of significant public interest and the

>earlier it is concluded, the better for the nation. The small

>enticement to the public is to hasten the case, " Barsito said.

>

>He said detectives had narrowed the search for Gachara, who is

>believed to be within Nairobi.

>

>She is said to have slipped out of her Runda house immediately word

>went out that she was wanted in court to answer several charges

>related to her leadership of the main Government anti-HIV/Aids

>organisation.

>

>The charges stem from a doctored letter she presented to the Aids

>council to obtain a monthly salary in excess of Sh2 million that was

>an alleged equivalent to her previous pay with JSI/Deliver FLPM Kenya

>Projects.

>

>Dr Steve Wilbur, her previous boss, is a co-accused in a case

>unearthed by the Efficiency Monitoring Unit that recommended that

>Gachara be surcharged and prosecuted for abuse of office.

>

>Gachara is further accused of manipulating the council's human

>resources manager, Ms Caroline Ausukuya, and finance manager Francis

>Thuku to misrepresent her salary in her letter of appointment as net

>instead of gross.

>

>Also sucked into the case is the chairman of the National Aids

>Control Council, Dr Mohammed Abdallah, who is accused of abuse of

>office by increasing the director's salary arbitrarily.

>

>When details of her massive perks came to light, a cross-section of

>the public led by MPs were understandably angry and demanded that she

>either accepts a pay cut or be sacked.

>

>They accused her of indulging in extravagance at the expense of

>HIV/Aids infected and affected people.

>

>But Office of the President minister Murungaru, under whose

>docket the council falls, defended her arguing the pay was pegged on

>her previous salary that later turned out to have been a forgery.

>

>Early this month, the Director of Public Prosecution Philip Murgor,

>while applying for a warrant of arrest against Gachara, told Chief

>Magistrate Aggrey Muchelule that his officers had been unable to

>trace her.

>

>A source at Murgor's office said Gachara, who claimed to be in the

>United States, called investigators two weeks ago and promised to

>make herself available within 10 days.

>

> " But now it is nearly three weeks and we have not heard anything from

>her again. The inevitable conclusion is that she was not sincere and

>she should be treated as such, " the source said.

>

>However, Barsito said Gachara had spoken to commission officers

>yesterday and said though she claimed to be still in the US,

>investigators were convinced she was holed up in Nairobi.

>

>There have been unconfirmed allegations that a senior Government

>officer was shielding the fugitive even as critics doubted the

>Government sincerity in claiming inability to arrest her.

>

>

>

>http://www.eastandard.net/headlines/news20020409.htm

>

>

>

>

>

>

>http://www./group/

>http://www./group/aids-africa (a group made up of Africans

>worldwide)

>Join Digital Africa- an information technology group that discusses IT in

>Africa at http://www./group/digafrica

>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I could not have put that better myself. Gachara and Abdullah bear the blood of many on their hands. They have brought scandal and shame to an area already sensitive enough, and certainly desparate. It's unconscionable! And because of them, many of us will continue to face unnecessary hurdles when seeking funding. The government and the NACC are still scrambling to do damage control, but I am sure that we will continue to feel the ripple effects of this abuse for a long time to come.

I know that Dr. Abdullah is a member of this forum but that does not warrant his defense. Though not a slayer, he is almost certainly guilty of murder and I, for one, am praying for Dr. Gachara's capture and looking forward to their trial.

Mwende Edozie