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HARAKATI ISSUE NO. 5 (August/September 1999)
INSECURE MOI'S SECURITY STEAL KSH 2.5 BILLION COCKEREL
Although much of the 3 billion Dollar fortune Moi has stolen from Kenyans
may be temporarily safe in Trusts, Swiss banks, and other imperialist banks,
money looted from Kenyan tax payers and stored in various forms at the residence
of the Dictator may be at great risk. This was the point that was driven
home recently when Moi's security men broke into the bed room of their boss
through the window and stole a Ksh 2.5 billion cockerel. When Moi was informed
about the theft, he went into a life-threatening shock that saw him
rushed to the United Kingdom for secret emergency treatment. Days later,
the issue of Moi's whereabouts blew up in Parliament when Vice president
George Saitoti was confronted by MP's who demanded to know where the dictator
had gone.
When Moi recovered and eventually returned to Kenya, he announced at a public
rally that he had suffered a "running nose", prompting him to go for treatment
abroad. Moi's admission that a running nose could not be treated at any hospital
in the country shows the extent to which the country has degenerated.
When he came back to his senses, the dictator sacked his security chief who
was in charge of the thieves who broke into his bedroom. The Dictator started
keeping several valuable artifacts in his residence after the 1982 coup attempt
when he realised that sometimes Swiss banks may be too far during an emergency.
Noticing that Moi is about to die and without proper financial security arrangements
for them in the post Moi era, a section of the squabbling Moi's security
scooped the Ksh 2.5 billion cockerel as a way of securing their future financial
security. The fact that Moi's security is so frustrated to an extent that
they are openly stealing from their boss is indicative of a bigger crisis
within the core entrusted with the responsibility of protecting the Dictator.
A near similar situation was witnessed in the case of the late Dictator Mobutu
Sesseseko whose army was so demoralised due to lack of pay that they became
virtually unable to wage war against the guerilla forces of Laurent Kabila,
allowing Kabila to seize power without much resistance. In the run-up
to the last General elections, a group of Moi's security stole Ksh 500 million
from State House that was part of a Ksh 4.2 billion looted from the treasury
to fund Moi's last election campaign. The stealing of the cockerel is therefore
a continuation of a tendency within the ranks of Moi's security men who seem
to be determined in getting their loot on time before the Dictator eventually
leaves the scene.
Further, the fact that the culprits have not been apprehended also indicates
that the theft was an inside job. Others have speculated that the whole theft
could have been a ruse by the tricky Moi to swindle the insurance company
that has insured the cockerel. Moi should be taken to task to tell Kenyans
where he stole the money to buy the cockerel because from his reported
salary, he needs to work for at least 135,000 years in order to raise Ksh
2.5 billion.
Published by Kenya Socialist Democratic Alliance
(KSDA)
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