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Former Kebs director testifies in Kosgey case
Published on 08/06/2011
By Judy Ogutu
Former Acting Kebs Managing Director Mutisya Kioko informed an Anti-Corruption Court that he would not know if former Industrialisation Minister, Henry Kosgey benefited from the exemptions.
Kioko was giving evidence in an abuse of office case against Kosgey. The Tinderet MP is alleged to have allowed three companies and three individuals to import 113 vehicles that were more than eight years old.
He told Nairobi Principal Magistrate, Elijah Obaga that individuals who applied for their motor vehicles to be exempted from the eight-year-old rule were required to pay Sh15,000 for their vehicles to be inspected.
Revenue for kebs"Kebs earned some revenue. If an applicant does not pay Sh15,000 (to Kebs) the vehicle would not be inspected," Kioko said.
On the other hand, if any of the vehicles were found to be unroadworthy, they would not be cleared.
He said there were complaints about the number of vehicles being exempted, but there was no enough justification.
The vehicles were being exempted from requirements of the Kenya Standard KS: 1515:2000
Those exempted were left hand drive vehicles and those over eight years old.
The KS: 1515:2000 is a local standard on inspection of motor vehicles imported.
It stipulates what Kebs should look at when it in vehicle importation.
On Tuesday, the witness said Industrialisation PS, Engineer Karanja Kibicho wrote to him on July 21, last year, directing the letters pass through his office before any waivers were granted because they were suspecting fraud and Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission was investigating the issue.
Kioko said all the exemptions were before July 21, 2010.
He also said while he served as the secretary of the National Standards Council, he did not formulate guidelines or policies that the minister would use to grant waivers,
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