Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has now called for the Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC) to look into the G-G Oil Deal. A deal he claims it’s a commercial contractual arrangement with private companies.
Through his lawyer Paul Mwangi, Raila is claiming that no action has been taken since he raised the concerns. He asked the EACC, the Auditor General and the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) to launch an investigation.
A letter posted on the X platform, Raila called for the three independent bodies to take action as per required by the constitution. This is by ensuring accountability into matters like these by the government.
“Raila calls upon the three of you to rise to the mandate of your offices. This is to discharge your constitutional and legal duties in enforcing accountability for this matter. Your silence, in unison, may be an indication of your belief that the call to duty is mistaken. A possibility we have been instructed to correct by laying out to you the facts hereunder.”
Raila through the letter claims that the oil deal is not a government-to-government agreement. But a commercial contractual arrangement with private companies.
“At least one of these companies is not incorporated in the country which it is purported to represent as a sovereign entity. Indeed, none of them even purport to represent any of the governments claimed as popularly stated. Not surprising therefore, we have not seen the phrase “Government to Government “used anywhere in the copies of the Master Framework agreements shown to us nor any reference to any understanding between the government and any sovereign government.”
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This comes after the government spokesperson Mwaura said that the deal was reached upon due to inability to access oil.
This was as a result of US dollar liquidity scarcity and coupled with outstanding subsidy arrears owed by the government to OMCs.
Raila said the Operational Agreement undermines the national interest and embarrasses the country. He added that it is contradictory and illogical, that a foreign supplier gets to nominate the buyer of its products. Also nominates the agent for the people of Kenya under the Petroleum Act.
“It is a very grave matter when private commercial arrangements are established to ouster processes set up by law. The way this system named and styled “G-G deal” has done to the Open Tender System established by the Petroleum Act.”