Baringo Senator Gideon Moi, on Saturday, September 21, 2019, came out to defend himself against allegations that one of his companies was linked to profits gained through the civil war in South Sudan.
The 64-page report dubbed 'The Taking of South Sudan' prepared by the Sentry, a non-profit investigative team founded by famous American actor George Clooney to monitor conflicts in Africa, the Daily Nation reported.
In his response, the Senator through his aide Alex Kiprotich denied any links to companies in South Sudan and referred to the report as a work of fiction.
"I am not a shareholder of the company and I have never and I am not profiting from the proceeds of war as alleged in the fictitious report," Senator Moi asserted
"I have neither received any single cent from the government of South Sudan nor am I doing any business with the South Sudan government. My lawyers are already in the process of instituting legal proceedings against The Sentry and its authors,” he added.
According to the report the son to former President Daniel Arap Moi has a partial ownership stake in Lukiza Ltd - a South Sudan-registered firm which formed a joint venture called Caltec Corporation with Conex Energy, a company allegedly controlled by President Salva Kiir’s daughter Adut.
“Just two months after the December 2013 massacres in Juba, Conex Energy, a company controlled by Kiir’s daughter Adut, his son-in-law Nardos Ghebeyehu and Akot Lual Arech — a close adviser to the President affiliated with the NSS (National Security Services) — formed the joint venture Caltec Corporation with South Sudan-registered Lukiza Limited,” read an excerpt of the report.
In May, President Kiir visited Mr Moi at his home in Kabarak to condole with him following the passing of his firstborn son Jonathan.
A fellow Kenyan businessman mentioned in the report as having business ties with President Kiir’s family is Abdikadir Osman Ahmed, who is alleged to co-own a company called Cannington Investment with another of President Kiir’s daughters called Anok.
