Detectives from two main security agencies say they will focus on the Ministry of Immigration and Registration of Persons for what they term "claims of serious corruption". The kind of corruption at the offices threatens the security of Kenyans, they said.
In particular, the Anti-Terror Police Unit (ATPU) points out that sensitive security documents were being sold to foreigners with serious criminal records, jeopardizing the country's security.
The Kenya Anti Corruption Commission (KACC) is also investigating corruption claims at the ministry, which involves junior officials.
ATPU's was involved after a terror suspect, who had been deported early this year, found his way back to the country and tried to obtain documents from the offices. He tried to use an aide of Immigration Minister Otieno Kajwang' to get the papers. The aide is still in custody over the allegations.
The man, identified as Abdul Fatah Abubakari Abdi alias Abdul Farah Bakari, is said to have accommodated wanted terror suspect Fazul Abdullah Muhammad in his house in Mombasa, prior to the bombing of the Paradise Hotel in Kikambala [Mombasa, Coast Province] in 2002. Fatah, who according to the anti-terror police comes from Somalia, stayed with Fazul. He was arrested in [the] Mombasa raid and deported to Somalia with other suspects from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, after his identification documents were cancelled.
Fazul has been on the FBI's list of most wanted terrorists since its inception on 10 October 2001. While in Somalia, Fatah is said to have kept communicating with officials at the immigration offices, until he sneaked into the country last month. A week after his arrival, he allegedly approached Kajwang's aide and asked for assistance to obtain the documents, after providing a photocopy of a cancelled identity card. Police Spokesman Eric Kiraithe said they are still investigating serious claims against the suspect, which are matters of state security.
KACC Spokesman Nicholas Simani said they have interrogated several employees at the ministry concerning corruption, and may summon more.
Permanent Secretary Emanuel Kisombe said he was not aware of any crime committed at the department. He said investigators visit the department regularly.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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