Opposition leader Raila Odinga has
confirmed through his lawyer Paul Mwangi that he would go to court over
politically motivated statements uttered
by Deputy President William Ruto and his allies linking him to financial
problems facing Mumias.
“All these claims are politically
instigated. They want to link him personally to the problems facing Mumias
Sugar Company in order to bring him down politically. That is why tomorrow
(Monday, August 24, 2015) we are moving to court to file a suit,” Mwangi told
Daily Nation on Sunday, August 23.
Mr. Odinga's threat to go to court came as
it emerged that a firm associated with his family, Spectre International owes
Mumias an alleged Kshs 33,960,797.
Sugar is currently a hot political issue in Kenya after Mr. Odinga accused President Uhuru Kenyatta of signing a trade deal to allow sugar imports from Uganda in exchange for the export of milk to the neighboring country.
Raila Odinga has in several occasioned
denied the debt claims saying that Spectre has been buying molasses from
several sugar companies in the area and paid promptly.
He said that he even settled the Kisumu
molasses plant’s debt from his personal accounts where the company was not able
to.
Nominated MP Oburu Odinga, Raila Odinga’s
elder brother, said Ruto must be held accountable for peddling information that
cannot be substantiated.
Oburu said Sprectre had a commercial
agreement with Mumias Sugar Company on cash basis and did not have any credit
facility attached to it.
Other firms that were to be sued by Mumias
were Otifer Logistics (Sh36.6 million); Petmark Distributors (Sh11 million);
Cups Limited (Sh9.6 million); Uchumi Supermarkets (Sh7 million); Abgro
Chemicals and Food Company (Sh1.7 million); Ukwala Supermarkets (Sh3.15
million); JM Shake (Sh1.06 million); Rongai General (Sh6.58 million);
Millennium (Sh5.58 million); Morganite (Sh3.8 million); Domma Stores (Sh2.28
million); and Yatin Supermarket (Sh346,500).
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