Interior Ministry Principal Secretary (PS), Karanja Kibicho, on Monday, categorically ridiculed the assassination plot against Deputy President William Ruto.
Speaking during the commissioning of a borehole at Shauri Moyo Police Station in Nairobi, PS Kibicho maintained that the allegations were nothing more than mere rumours and propaganda.
”I hear assassinations claims. Who has complained? I am yet to hear someone complain. That’s utter nonsense and unfounded claims. We should stop creating things that don’t exist,” Kibicho divulged to the Nation.
Cabinet Secretaries Sicily Kariuki (Health) Joe Mucheru (ICT) and Peter Munya (Industrialization) address a press conference outside DCI offices on Kiambu Road
He went on to insist that there was no truth behind the claims, citing the fact that no one had made a formal complaint at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), as clear evidence of the falsehood of the entire story.
“We should stop creating things that don’t exist. The moment we have a formal claim we deal with it in accordance with the law. We will not as a ministry be stopped from doing our work,” he asserted.
The startling allegations arose after a letter (which has since turned out to be fake) surfaced, detailing the alleged plot to have DP Ruto assassinated, following meetings held at La Mada Hotel.
PS Kibicho firmly maintained that the whole fiasco was totally fake, adding that it was just fueled by the media, as well as political machinations.
“It’s unfortunate that we are occupied by media talking about imaginations. We must be a country led by logic and truths, it’s unfortunate that people make conclusions even before investigations. Political interference should not be accepted,” he asserted.
The infamous letter that implicated CSs, Peter Munya (Trade), Joseph Mucheru (ICT), James Kamau (Transport) and Sicily Kariuki (Health), was scrutinized and found to be fake.
Digital, Innovations and Diaspora Communications Secretary, Dennis Itumbi, was arrested last week in connection to the origins of the aforementioned letter.
Anonymous says
this guy think this is nyayo era when oyogis harassed,finished politicians on behalf of kanu and gava…..
we did not elect you ,,,bicho………….we elected DP RUTO…..wewe utakuwa inje ya gava very soon……uwe na machinery or not …
Anonymous says
yes…..
tanga tanga pray and believe in living God …creator of earth ,humans and is our protector.
Hawa wanapanga maovu na wanaomba omieri and sacrifice humans… poleni sana…..hell is destination yenu,
DP RUTO for Prezo come 2022………..
Anonymous says
shut up…case iko kwa koti…..if evidence is produce to prove you shud resign……
what you are supposed to be telling Kenyans is how security is being improved sio kuongea on behalf of mlevi ,,,failure of century…..yet ur just civil servant……..
ur nothing politically ni maringo tu…….ata akina sally kosgeyy walikuwa……total man……who are you….
Anonymous says
mmmmmm….shut up…case iko kwa koti…..if evidence is produce to prove you shud resign……
lete io wazungu wakoloni to unvestigate hamuna haya…….
what you are supposed to be telling Kenyans is how security is being improved sio kuongea on behalf of mlevi ,,,failure of century…..yet ur just civil servant……..
ur nothing politically ni maringo tu…….ata akina sally kosgeyy walikuwa……total man……who are you….
Anonymous says
ehhhhhh….shut up…case iko kwa koti…..if evidence is produce to prove you shud resign……
lete io wazungu wakoloni to unvestigate hamuna haya…….
what you are supposed to be telling Kenyans is how security is being improved sio kuongea on behalf of mlevi ,,,failure of century…..yet ur just civil servant……..
ur nothing politically ni maringo tu…….ata akina sally kosgeyy walikuwa……total man……who are you….
Anonymous says
kukukukuku kuuuuuu….shut up…case iko kwa koti…..if evidence is produce to prove you shud resign……
lete io wazungu wakoloni to unvestigate hamuna haya…….
what you are supposed to be telling Kenyans is how security is being improved sio kuongea on behalf of mlevi ,,,failure of century…..yet ur just civil servant……..
ur nothing politically ni maringo tu…….ata akina sally kosgeyy walikuwa……total man……who are you….
Anonymous says
eeeee kukukukuku kuuuuuu….shut up…case iko kwa koti…..if evidence is produce to prove you shud resign……
lete io wazungu wakoloni to unvestigate hamuna haya…….
what you are supposed to be telling Kenyans is how security is being improved sio kuongea on behalf of mlevi ,,,failure of century…..yet ur just civil servant……..
ur nothing politically ni maringo tu…….ata akina sally kosgeyy walikuwa……total man……who are you….
Anonymous says
woi woi….kileweke..na embrace momos….look ur gavament ugondi……they support
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Share sale fans vicious battle for ownership of cement firm
SUNDAY JULY 7 2019
In Summary
Having sensed that all was not well, the Kenyan directors called for a board meeting that was to be held in China on October 16, 2014 but it failed to take place and it was rescheduled to December 16 the same year, this time in Kenya where the breaches by the Chinese investors would be extensively discussed.
But, on the material day, Mr Ndeta who was the chairman of the company informed his fellow Kenyan directors that he had bought all the shares held by the Chinese for a staggering Sh1.5 billion.
A cement manufacturing company with a Sh10 billion annual turnover has for the last three years been embroiled in vicious legal wars that have seen its operations crippled through court orders and criminal investigations launched against some of its activities.
LUCRATIVE MARKET
Savannah Cement Ltd based in Athi River, Machakos County was formed in 2010, but by 2014 a series of moves that saw shares sold in unclear circumstances led to legal battles that have persisted to today.
The company was initially formed by a group of Kenyan and Chinese investors who came together to fill a void in the lucrative cement market.
However, one of the Kenyan directors bought off the Chinese in opaque circumstances thereby leading his fellow Kenyan directors to seek legal redress.
The matter has been in the courts since 2016. The Kenyan shareholders were under Savannah Heights Ltd with the following shareholding structure; Donald Mwaura — 30 per cent, John Gachanga though Isinya Plains Limited — 35 per cent and Benson Ndeta — 35 per cent.
Wanho International and ACME Wanji Investment owned 60 per cent of Savannah Cement limited while Savannah Heights acquired the remaining 40 per cent in a deal that was cemented through a Memorandum of Understanding to form the Joint Venture company.
Under the MoU, Savannah Heights owned by the Kenyans was to contribute two parcels of land. LR No. 25517 and LR No. 18474 in Athi River (75 acres) on which a cement manufacturing factory would be built while Wanho International and Acme Wanji Investment were to inject the cash to operationalise the factory with a capacity to produce 1.5 million tonnes of cement annually.
However, the Chinese brought a plant whose output was 800 tonnes of cement and therefore breached the MoU.
Having sensed that all was not well, the Kenyan directors called for a board meeting that was to be held in China on October 16, 2014 but it failed to take place and it was rescheduled to December 16 the same year, this time in Kenya where the breaches by the Chinese investors would be extensively discussed.
COMPLETE DISREGARD
But, on the material day, Mr Ndeta who was the chairman of the company informed his fellow Kenyan directors that he had bought all the shares held by the Chinese for a staggering Sh1.5 billion.
The shares were transferred to a new company called Seruji Company. Directors of Seruji include Yvonne Ndeta, Paul Ndeta, Peter Mukiza, Martin Erich Bachmann and Igor Vishnevskiy.
Interestingly, the Competition Authority of Kenya approved the transfer of shares from the Chinese-owned companies to Seruji Limited a week before Mr Mwaura and Mr Gachanga were informed of the move.
After December 2014, the company went on a tailspin. Since then the board has never met again and therefore the minutes of the meeting of December 16, 2014 have to date, not been confirmed as being a true reflection of what transpired at the meeting.
In his affidavit to the court, Mr Mwaura states that a day after the meeting, lawyer Stephen Mwaniki Njagi as the company secretary of Savvana Cement “trading as Upeo Registrars, proceeded to extract minutes of the December 16, 2014 board meeting in complete disregard of the fact that the minutes had not been confirmed and that he had not even attended the meeting so as to know what transpired.”
“The sale of the Chinese owned shares to Seruji was never approved by the Board of Directors of Savannahh Cement. The board was only informed that the sale had taken place. Lawyer Stephen Njagi did not attend the board meeting held on December 16, 2014 and therefore, he cannot purport to know what transpired in such a meeting. As a matter of fact, the minutes of the meeting were taken by the managing director because the company secretary was not present,” states Mr Mwaura.
OWNED ILLEGALLY
He adds that through an e-mail, the managing director, Mr Ronald Ndegwa, had confirmed that he was working on the meeting’s minutes.
“I wish to point out that there is a shareholders’ agreement between Savannah Heights, Wanho International and ACME Wanji Investments detailing the procedure of transferring shares to a third party. Under the said agreement, there are certain condition precedents which were required to be met before completion of transfer of shares to a third party. I confirm that, to the best of my knowledge, the condition precedents have not been met and as such, the transfer of shares to Seruji Limited cannot have taken place.”
In his replying affidavit, Mr Ndeta denied that Seruji acquired the shares owned by the Chinese investors illegally.
He said that his fellow Kenyan directors had not completed paying for their shares, adding that the sale of the shares is covered by the shareholders’ agreement and not the MoU.
“The MoU was superseded by the shareholders’ agreement. Any alleged obligations or breaches under the MoU are irrelevant for the purposes of these proceedings. … Wanho’s and ACME’s shares in the company were held without any condition and they had full rights to deal with the shares in the way that they did,” he sates.
He argued that Savannah Heights was fully involved in the buying of the Chinese-owned shares.
He admits that he bought the shares and that his fellow directors were formally informed.
NULL AND VOID
“Even assuming that Mr Mwaura and Mr Gachanga did not approve the transfer of shares in the company to Seruji, the majority of the board of directors at that meeting including Mr Li Jinchen who was authorised to represent four other directors of the company approved the said sale,” he said.
In the suit, Mr Mwaura and Mr Gachanga are seeking orders to have the sale of the Chinese owned shares to Seruji be declared illegal, null and void.
They also want a declaration that the Registrar of Companies ordered to expunge all the documents filed at the Companies Registry purporting to transfer shares from the Chinese owned shares to Seruji.
Even as that suit goes on, Mr Mwaura and Mr Gachanga cannot sit in any board meeting after their attempt to bar new Seruji Limited directors from joining the company were thwarted by the High Court. In a ruling by Justice Farah Amin, the court appointed a new board that included the directors of Seruji. The judge also barred Mr Mwaura and Mr Gachanga from interfering with the running of the company.
The duo moved to the court of appeal where they challenged the decision of the judge on grounds that the orders were issued on grounds that had not been canvassed in court.
The two cases were filed in 2016 and are yet to be decided.
Anonymous says
Nonsense! Leave Kibicho alone. This gabbage of afew idiots thinking that Central peoples’ mind are all glued together is so primitive. Mtajua hamjui. You can write acres of frustrations but Ruto won’t be president!
Anonymous says
Are you the only who make ruto to be prezo or pple of mt kenya will make somebody to became a wit or without nothing is hard ruto to become prezo.
Anonymous says
the mt Kenyans booby zombies will why your shit, cos that’s they operation systems in their skulls.
He’s the assassination statehouse machinery that has no shame, when they have been discovered he pretend and says there’s no accuser, but his zombie body language says the difference.
All that this assassin does is to kill in cold blood and cover his track as usual of him – but censor their killer means will come for him as it have been killing them nicely. For now, he can open his filthy killer mouth to says shit but he remains the statehouse assassin system.
Anonymous says
the mt Kenyans booby zombies will accept your arrogance, cos that’s their operation systems in their skulls.
He’s the assassination statehouse machinery that has no shame, when they have been discovered, he pretend and says there’s no accuser, but his zombie body language says the difference.
All that this assassin does, is to kill in cold blood and cover his track as usual of him – but cancer their killer means will come for him as it has been killing them nicely. For now, he can open his filthy killer mouth to says his arrogance but he remains the statehouse assassin system.
Anonymous says
the mt Kenyans booby zombies will accept your arrogance, cos that’s their operation systems in their skulls.
He’s the killers of statehouse machinery that has no shame, when they have been discovered, he pretend and says there’s no accuser, but his zombie body language says the difference.
All that this assassin does, is to kill in cold blood and cover his track as usual of him – but cancer their killer means will come for him as it has been killing them nicely. For now, he can open his filthy killer mouth to says his arrogance but he remains the statehouse assassin system.
Anonymous says
if satoti had raised alarm and taken stepps to enhance he would probably be better prezo today……many would have voted for him instead of bichos lazy boss who is out of touch with voters, mafia like ,confused and hovering around talking about alcohol and marriage …….that is very opposite of what Kenyans want to hear from him…..
Kenyans want taxation down….transparency on sgr etc loans/grants,jobs,creation of opportunities,stop dumping of crops from TZ yet we have them here in Kenya…..good prices of tea and coffee by getting rid of cartels eating all monies and giving farmer left overs….
Anonymous says
The plot was true. Allow Itumbi to release the audio from LA mada hotel
Anonymous says
These Kikuyus & racist has been assassinating other progressive tribes since independence to this time Kanyans must unite or even forced to unite we slay the dynasty of impunity forever in kenya.
Anonymous says
well if satoti had raised alarm and taken stepps to enhance his security ,he would probably be better prezo today……many would have voted for him instead of bichos lazy boss who is out of touch with voters, mafia like ,confused and hovering around talking about alcohol and marriage …….that is very opposite of what Kenyans want to hear from him…..
Kenyans want taxation down….transparency on sgr etc loans/grants,jobs,creation of opportunities,stop dumping of crops from TZ yet we have them here in Kenya…..good prices of tea and coffee by getting rid of cartels eating all monies and giving farmer left overs….
Anonymous says
..oi oi…wembe ni ule ule shit backfired on kiuks gema….since did not know theone theywere voting for was not right person as no clue to run kiosk leave alone 254…
Say no to dynasties…..
Only fools living intheir grandmothers land house or cartels will listen to embrace momos..and kileweke suggar daddies with crooked teeth….and yester year land etc thieves..
Anonymous says
bark bark ….but we gema and kenyans etc did not vote for you….you are just proud ,arrogant, evil civil servant….that only reports and do dirty things in behalf of niko kiruru boss..
Anonymous says
kim gatende …and many other kiuks mistreated nyayo when was VP during those yrs when jomo was prezo……where are they or their children…….only subdiving ,selling ex colonial white farms lands to survive….
if was goid foundation all doctors etc will be working here….
Sasa kanju na immigration guys thst check hand carry etc …in dxb doha are kenyans ….since will work or go home…..not brot by ceo etc….ii ni wetu stori hamna..