I loko o kahi kapa komo a me ka pahi, i uhi ʻia e ka hūnā a me nā kulu, ua kūʻai aku ke aupuni Kenyan i ka Grand Regency Hotel hanohano no kahi pittance ma lalo o 3 biliona kenikeni Kenya (ma kahi o US $ 45.6 miliona) i ke aupuni Libyan ma lalo o kahi kūʻai kūʻokoʻa. ʻaelike. ʻO nā kiʻi i loaʻa i kēia manawa ʻokoʻa ma waena o 2 biliona a me 2.9 biliona kenia silina.
Ua ʻike ʻia nō hoʻi ʻaʻohe koho a me ka ʻae a ka lehulehu i wae ʻia e nā mea hoʻolaha - a i ʻole e ʻōlelo kekahi i nā lawehala - o ka ʻaelike e hoʻonui i nā loaʻa kālā o ke kūʻai aku, ʻoiai he nui nā kaulahao hōkele kūwaho i hōʻike hope loa i ka makemake e hele i Kenya. a makemake paha e hāʻawi i nā hāʻawi no ka Grand Regency ponoʻī.
ʻO nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe a akāka nui aʻe hoʻi o ke aupuni, nā mea pāʻani nui o ke kaiāulu ʻoihana a me ke kaiāulu i hōʻino i ke kūʻai aku me he mea lā i hāʻawi ʻia a manaʻo ʻia he hoʻopunipuni a me ka palaho. Hoʻonohonoho ka ʻike kuʻuna i ka waiwai mākeke maoli o ka waiwai ma waena o 6 a 7.5 biliona kenia keneta, ʻo ia hoʻi ma ka liʻiliʻi he ʻekolu mau manawa ke "kumukūʻai kūʻai," ʻoiai ke alakaʻi ʻana o kekahi mea kūʻai aku alakaʻi i ke kumukūʻai a hiki i ka 10 biliona kenikeni kenia.
ʻO ka Grand Regency kekahi i waenakonu o nā hōʻino nui loa o Kenyan, ka Goldenberg Affair, kahi i ʻōlelo ʻia ua kūʻai ʻia he 150 mau piliona kenia Kenya mai nā waihona kālā lehulehu ma o kahi "uku uku hoʻolilo" no ka lawe ʻana aku i nā gula me ka hoʻopili ʻana o nā poʻokela nui loa, nā brokers mana, nā bureaucrats a me nā panakō kikowaena i kēlā manawa.
Aia ka Grand Regency Hotel ma ka lihi o ka moku ʻoihana ʻo Nairobi ma ke alaloa ʻo Uhuru a nānā i ka pā waena o ke kūlanakauhale. Ua kālai ʻo ia iā ia iho i kahi ʻāpana nui o ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa hoʻokipa ma mua o kāna mau pilikia ma ka ʻaoʻao kālā a ma lalo o ka loaʻa ʻana a ma lalo o ka nānā ʻia ʻana e ka lehulehu ma muli o ke kumu nui o ka Goldenberg Affair Kamlesh Pattni i kūʻai ai me kāna waiwai i loaʻa ʻole, no ka mea 4 biliona mau silina i kēlā manawa e like me kāna loio loihi i hōʻoia wale ʻia. ʻAʻole ʻo Pattni i hoʻihoʻi i ka hōkele i ke aupuni i ka wā e huki ana i kāna mau hihia kū kānāwai mai ka ʻaha a ke koi nei i kēia manawa ua hāʻawi ʻia ke kala ʻia no kekahi mau kuleana ʻē aʻe e kali ana no ka ʻōlelo hōʻino a Goldenberg ma ke kūʻai ʻana no ka hāʻawi lima o ka hōkele.
Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ke Kuhina Waiwai Kenyan Amos Kimunya i ka hoʻopunipuni ʻana i ka lehulehu a me ka pāremata me kāna mau ʻōlelo mua, i ka wā i koi ʻo ia i ka wā a pau ʻaʻole i kūʻai ʻia ka hōkele, akā e hoʻololi i kāna leo i kēia manawa i mua o nā hōʻike e puka mai ana, koi ʻia e ʻae hope. i ka hana haumia. Ua pale aku ʻo ia i ka hele ʻana i mua o ke kōmike pāremata, nāna i koi i nā pane mai iā ia a ua kāhea ʻo ia e hoʻokuʻu ʻia a hoʻopaʻi ʻia, e like me kekahi o kāna mau hoa kuhina mai kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka hui. Ke ulu nui nei ka manaʻo manaʻo ma Kenya no ka waiwai maoli o ke kālepa a me nā mea ʻē aʻe a i ʻole ke kālā i hoʻololi ʻia i nā lima ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka uku "official" o 2+ biliona, akā i kēlā me kēia hihia he hoʻokahi wale nō kēia hoʻomohala hou i ka laina lōʻihi o ka ʻike ʻia. nā hana ʻino i hana ʻia e nā poʻe kālaiʻāina iā Kenya. Ua haʻalele ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he Kuhina Waiwai o Kenya.
Hiki i ke kuʻikahi ke hoʻokau hou aku i ke kaulike palupalu o ke aupuni hui, ʻoiai ʻo nā lālā kūʻē o ka ʻahaʻāina a me nā noho hope o ka hoʻohuihui e ʻimi pū nei i kekahi manawa i nā noiʻi hou aku, i mea e ʻimi ai i nā masterminds a me nā mea kōkua o ka ʻaelike a lawe iā lākou i kaulike. I ka hopena, lilo maoli ia i kui nui i loko o ka pahu kupapaʻu o ka ʻae kaʻana like mana ma waena o Pelekikena Mwai Kibaki's Party o National Unity a me ke Kuhina Nui Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement, inā e pālahalaha maoli ka hāʻule i ke alaloa kiʻekiʻe o ka mana e like me ka mea i hoʻopiʻi ʻia. , ʻoiai ke kuhina waiwai mua he pili pili loa iā Pelekikena Kibaki. Hiki i ka hihia ke hoʻohuli i nā poʻo politika e like me ka mea i manaʻo ʻia a koi ʻia e ka lehulehu Kenyan. Ua piha nā nūpepa Sābati i ka hoʻohewahewa weliweli a minced ʻaʻohe mau huaʻōlelo ma ke ʻano he mea haʻi ʻōlelo ma hope o ka mea haʻi ʻōlelo a ʻo ka hapa nui o nā leka i paʻi ʻia i nā luna hoʻoponopono ua ninini i ka huhū a me ka hoʻomāʻewaʻewa ma luna o nā mea kālaiʻāina hoʻopiʻi.
ʻO kēia ka lua o nā hōʻino kūpilikiʻi nui e kū ana i ke aupuni ʻo Kibaki, ma hope o ke kau ʻia ʻana o kāna aupuni mua me kahi scam biliona kālā he lehulehu, ʻaʻole i hoʻoholo ʻia i kekahi ʻaha hoʻokolokolo a pili i nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa mau i waena o nā ʻaoʻao politika.
ʻO kēlā mau mea āpau, ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Kenya i kahi ʻāina paʻa paʻa i pakele i kēia mau hana kolohe, ka hao wale ʻana i kāna waihona kālā lehulehu a me nā hana hoʻomake politika i hala iho nei, e hāʻawi ana i ka manaolana no ka wā e hiki mai ana maikaʻi no ka poʻe Kenyan.
(US $ 1 = 66 Kenia silina)
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Ua ʻike ʻia nō hoʻi ʻaʻohe koho a me ka ʻae a ka lehulehu i wae ʻia e nā mea hoʻolaha - a i ʻole e ʻōlelo kekahi i nā lawehala - o ka ʻaelike e hoʻonui i nā loaʻa kālā o ke kūʻai aku, ʻoiai he nui nā kaulahao hōkele kūwaho i hōʻike hope loa i ka makemake e hele i Kenya. a makemake paha e hāʻawi i nā hāʻawi no ka Grand Regency ponoʻī.
- It has carved itself a sizeable slice of the upmarket hospitality business in spite of its problems on the financial side and being under receivership and under public scrutiny since the main architect of the Goldenberg Affair Kamlesh Pattni bought it with his ill-gotten wealth, incidentally for 4 billion shillings at the time as his long time lawyer just confirmed.
- Ultimately it may in fact become a crucial nail in the coffin of the power sharing agreement between President Mwai Kibaki's Party of National Unity and Prime Minister Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement, if the fallout indeed spreads into the top corridor's of power as it is now alleged, since the former finance minister is a close ally of President Kibaki.
