The Standard, The Star or Eurocopter............Who MESSED? The Kenyan DAILY POSTNews 06:24 Saturday 8th September 2012 - The supplier of the ill-fated chopper that killed Internal Security Minister George Saitoti and five others was ordered to apologize to the government over leaking a confidential report purporting to show the cause of the accident. The judge also ordered The Standard and The star newspapers to apologize to the state for publishing the report which they thought would be exclusive. “The two media houses should come up with disclosure of their respective sources, and own up to the impropriety of their publications,’’ the ruling read by Major Gen (rtd) Harold Tangai, a commissioner said. The commission inquiring into the crash yesterday overruled the report by Eurocopter as a “prejudicial’’ attempt aimed at swaying public opinion and the verdict of the commission. Judge Kaplana Rawal who is the chairperson of the inquiry, ruled that Eurocopter violated the law by disseminating the report to third parties against the spirit of confidentiality. Lawyers for the state and crash victims had initially demanded that Eurocopter be excluded from the proceeding. The hearing will continue on September 17 at the KICC. The Kenyan DAILY POST

The Kenyan DAILY POSTNews06:24

Saturday 8^th September 2012 - The supplier of the ill-fated chopper that killed Internal Security Minister George Saitoti and five others was ordered to apologize to the government over leaking a confidential report purporting to show the cause of the accident.

The judge also ordered The Standard and The star newspapers to apologize to the state for publishing the report which they thought would be exclusive.

“The two media houses should come up with disclosure of their respective sources, and own up to the impropriety of their publications,’’ the ruling read by Major Gen (rtd) Harold Tangai, a commissioner said.

The commission inquiring into the crash yesterday overruled the report by Eurocopter as a “prejudicial’’ attempt aimed at swaying public opinion and the verdict of the commission.

Judge Kaplana Rawal who is the chairperson of the inquiry, ruled that Eurocopter violated the law by disseminating the report to third parties against the spirit of confidentiality.

Lawyers for the state and crash victims had initially demanded that Eurocopter be excluded from the proceeding. The hearing will continue on September 17 at the KICC.

The Kenyan DAILY POST