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KENYA: Acquisitions Probe

KENYA: Acquisitions Probe Allegations focus on F‐5s that cannot fly and a dubious tender award for APCs. Kenya’s military chiefs in the Department of Defence, for the first time ever, appeared before a parliamentary committee on November 15th to answer questions relating to purchases of fighter jets and armoured personnel carriers. The Department of Defence is being called upon to respond to damning revelations that 15 fighter jets the Kenya Air‐Force (KAF) acquired from Jordan in 2010 were substandard, reported The Nation , Nairobi. The 15 second‐hand jets were purchased at a cost of US$450,000 (KSh36,225,000) each. They went through a communications upgrade and were painted in Kenya colours. There have been questions over the cost of the upgrade and the fact that the jets were dismantled and moved to Kenya in kit form for assembly locally instead of being flown from Jordan. There have also been claims that since assembly, the jets have not been able to fly. Kenyan daily The Standard’s inquiries revealed that although the aircraft cannot fly (they were supposed to be part of a flypast in August) the issue has been hushed up in the military. However, military Spokesman Bogita Ongeri denies these allegations. “The weather http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series Wiley

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
© Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2010
ISSN
0001-9844
eISSN
1467-825X
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-825X.2010.03585.x
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Abstract

Allegations focus on F‐5s that cannot fly and a dubious tender award for APCs. Kenya’s military chiefs in the Department of Defence, for the first time ever, appeared before a parliamentary committee on November 15th to answer questions relating to purchases of fighter jets and armoured personnel carriers. The Department of Defence is being called upon to respond to damning revelations that 15 fighter jets the Kenya Air‐Force (KAF) acquired from Jordan in 2010 were substandard, reported The Nation , Nairobi. The 15 second‐hand jets were purchased at a cost of US$450,000 (KSh36,225,000) each. They went through a communications upgrade and were painted in Kenya colours. There have been questions over the cost of the upgrade and the fact that the jets were dismantled and moved to Kenya in kit form for assembly locally instead of being flown from Jordan. There have also been claims that since assembly, the jets have not been able to fly. Kenyan daily The Standard’s inquiries revealed that although the aircraft cannot fly (they were supposed to be part of a flypast in August) the issue has been hushed up in the military. However, military Spokesman Bogita Ongeri denies these allegations. “The weather

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Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural SeriesWiley

Published: Dec 1, 2010

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