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    July 29, 2011

Former Kenyan Minister to Face Trial on Corruption Charges

   VOA News
   Kenya's former industrialisation minister Henry Kosgey appears at the
   High Court in Nairobi. A Kenyan government minister pleaded not guilty
   to a dozen counts of abuse of office hours after resigning to allow for
   an investigation into a scam involving imp
   Photo: Reuters
   Kenya's former industrialisation minister Henry Kosgey appears at the
   High Court in Nairobi. A Kenyan government minister pleaded not guilty
   to a dozen counts of abuse of office hours after resigning to allow for
   an investigation into a scam involving imports of untaxed vehicles,
   (File)

   Kenya's High Court has ruled that former industrialization minister
   Henry Kosgey should face trial over charges he illegally imported cars
   into the country.
   Kosgey has denied the charges.
   He is one of four ministers in the Kenyan government to either step
   down or resign since 2010 over graft charges. Kosgey is also chairman
   of Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement
   Party.
   The Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission says that Kosgey gave exemptions
   to cars that were older than the eight-year legal limit and also waived
   taxes on them.
   Kosgey is also one of six Kenyans accused by the International Criminal
   Court (ICC) of being responsible for post-election violence in 2007 and
   2008. The unrest killed more than 1,200 people.

   Some information for this report was provided by Reuters.

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