The Ministry of Internal Security has been directed to furnish Parliament with the names of suspected gold smugglers from DR Congo. The names of the suspects were given to President Kibaki when he met his Congolese counterpart Joseph Kabila.
Deputy Speaker Farah Maalim directed Internal Security assistant minister Orwa Ojode to supply the House with the details next Wednesday.
Also to be provided is a provisional report on the ongoing investigations on alleged smuggling of gold worth millions of shillings from the Democratic Republic of Congo into Kenya.
The directive was issued following a request by nominated MP Musa Sirma. The MP, seeking a ministerial statement, requested for all the names the Congolese President gave to Kibaki when he visited the country in March.
The MP also demanded that Parliament be given information on the investigations touching on the killing of Joseph Cheptarus — a senior Kenya Revenue Authority official who was leading investigation into the gold smuggling syndicate.
The KRA Assistant Commissioner for Investigations and Enforcement was probing the illegal importation of 2.5tonnes of gold from Eastern DRC. He was however shot four times at close range at his gate in South C in February.
The officer died while investigating the same smuggling and no action has been taken so far,” said Sirma. The MP also demanded to know why DCIO Lang’ata was transferred immediately after the death of the KRA officer.
Ojode had attempted to evade issuing the statement arguing that he delivered an answer in Parliament last week touching on the killing of the officer.
During his visit, Kabila met Kibaki in Nairobi where the two agreed to create a joint team to investigate alleged smuggling of gold from the DRC to Kenya.
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