This archive report was first published on 30 November 2019.
David Sadera Munyakei, a junior Central Bank of Kenya employee, blew the whistle on the Sh60 billion Goldenberg scandal in 2006. He died a poor man in Narok in 2006, unable to access medicine. If he were alive today, he could have pocketed around Sh3 billion, five percent of the proceeds recovered from the scandal linked to Kamlesh Pattni.
The Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) recommends that courts provide procedures to protect witnesses in sensitive cases, including corruption, terrorism, and transnational crimes. The report also suggests amending the Defamation Act to deny public officers a course of action where allegations are made against them regarding corruption or ethics.
Other high-profile scandals include the Anglo Leasing scandal, which involved tenders in 18 companies and was unleashed in Parliament in April 2004. The documents showed Anglo-Leasing Finance Company Limited had been paid Sh91 million as a commitment fee for a Sh2.7 billion contract to produce tamper-proof passports.
Former PS John Githongo forwarded a report to former President Mwai Kibaki in 2006, naming several top government officials in the scandal. It is unclear if the whistleblowers in the Anglo Leasing cases will benefit from the five percent recommended by the BBI report when the cases come to an end.
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