Why Ann Njoroge declined parliament summons over Ksh 17 oil import saga
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Ann Njeri, the businesswoman involved in the Ksh17 billion fuel importation saga fails to honour parliament summons for questioning
Ann Njeri, the businesswoman involved in the Ksh17 billion fuel importation saga fails to honour parliament summons for questioning.
According to her lawyer, Cliff Ombeta, Ann Njoroge had fallen ill and hence could not appear before the lawmakers as initially planned.
He, however, declined to reveal more details about the said illness and did not avail documents to support her admission to the hospital.
Additionally, the lawyer stated that his client declined to comply with a summons from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
Any summons must be formal and have a clear aim and justification, according to Ombeta.
“We have declined to appear before the Committee. The official position is that she is unwell. I will not reveal the details of her illness,” he stated.
“Also, we will not honour the summons by the DCI. They cannot be calling us through other lawyers and telling us to go.”
“They need to get a formal summon and make it clear. You know the last time she appeared, she mysteriously disappeared.”
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Ombeta explained that his client Ann Njeri Njoroge was fearing for her life because of the past incident where she mysteriously disappeared moments after honouring summons at the DCI headquarters on Kiambu Road.
“We are afraid that they will do harm to her. At this moment, she is fearing for her life.”
Parliament through the Energy Committee had summoned Njeri to share more details over the Ksh17 billion oil consignment.
MPs had asked her to provide documents proving the country of origin of the consignment, indicators of pricing, intended destination of the consignment, the deal in the current government-to-government arrangement as well as other particulars on the saga.
This is after Energy CS Davis Chirchir claimed that the 100,000 metric tonnes of oil belong to Galana Energies Limited – one of the companies contracted to provide oil in the government-to-government deal and not the businesswoman as she had claimed.
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