The Sh3.5 billion Anglo leasing scandal case proceeded today before Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku.
So far, the chief investigator in the Anglo leasing case has maintained that Sound Day Corporation, the firm contracted to supply Kenyan police security equipment, was a ghost corporation.
Investigating officer Ignatius Wekesa told Anti-corruption Magistrate Felix Kombo that a conspiracy existed between the supplier, the Office of the President, and the Treasury since the project’s inception in 2002.
Even former Permanent Secretaries never recognized the existence of Sound Day during their inquiries.
During cross-examination by Lawyer Edward Oonge, the witness stated that the government had worked with the company since 1992, but the contracts were irregular.
Wekesa stated in his opening statement to the court in January of last year that they had requested assistance from the British authorities regarding the directorship of Sound Day and if it was a registered corporation in the UK.
Sound Day was formed on September 21, 1989, in the British Virgin Islands, and the Kamani family was the firm’s director, having taken over from one Collins Foster in 1990.
London’s PSJ Alexander and company chartered accountants are the ones who provided most of the documentation as far as Sound Day Corporation is concerned.
Wekesa is the last prosecution witness. He was testifying against Deepak Kimani, Rashmi Kamani, the late David Mwiraria, former Permanent Secretaries David Mwangi, and Joseph Magari.
Sound Day Corporation are accused of committing an economic crime. The accused persons are on trial for conspiring to defraud the government of billions of shillings through a dubious financing agreement.
Joseph Magari is accused of conspiring with others in Nairobi between October 30, 2003, and April 14, 2004, to defraud the government of Kenya of Sh3.5 billion through a suppliers credit contract agreement for the modernization of the Police Security Equipment and Accessories Project.
Former PSs Joseph Magari, Dave Mwangi, and David Onyonka, as well as businessmen Deepak and Rashmi Kamani and their father Rasmi Chamanlal, have all denied conspiring to steal the government of Sh3.5 billion.
