DAVID MWIRARIA

'David (Daudi) Mwiraria' (born September 3, 1938) is the Minister for Environment and Natural Resources previously he was Finance Minister of Kenya. He is a NARC MP for the North Imenti constituency.
Following revelations that he had been involved in the Anglo Leasing Scandal, he decided to resign his post on 1 February 2006. He has maintained that he is innocent and claims that he is stepping down to pave way for investigations.[1] Despite there being no investigation report clearing Mwiraria, President Mwai Kibaki appointed him Minister for Environment on July 24, 2007.
He got his master's degree in Statistics from the Makerere University, Uganda 1966 (then part of the University of East Africa).
Mwiraria features prominently in audio recordings released on the internet in 2006 by John Githongo, exiled former Permanent Secretary in the Kenya Government, which indicate Mwiraria was trying to stop Githongo's inquiries into the theft of over 777 million US Dollars in a series of 18 security related contracts, colloquially called Anglo Leasing.

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★ http://www.parliament.go.ke/MPs/members_mwiraria_d.php

★ http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pages/clips/Mwiraria-Githongo.php

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