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Ping to Assange links to Obama and Odinga in Kenya 2006
The Aussie who’s changing the world of whistleblowers
Written by Snoz
Tuesday, 08 July 2008 19:14
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In August last year, The Guardian ran a front page report about widespread corruption by the family of the former Kenyan leader Daniel Arap Moi, including evidence Moi siphoned off billions in government money. The report stated it was based on a document obtained from Wikileaks.
Assange says the revelation changed the result of the Kenyan presidential election, swinging the vote by 10 per cent towards the opposition, which won the election by 1-3 per cent of the vote.
The looting of Kenya· Leak of secret report exposes corrupt web
· More than £1bn moved to 28 countries
· Property in London, New York , Australia
Xan Rice in Nairobi The Guardian, Friday 31 August 2007
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The Kroll investigation into the former regime was commissioned by President Mwai Kibaki shortly after he came to power on an anti-corruption platform in 2003. It was meant to be the first step towards recovering some of the money stolen during Mr Moi’s 24-year rule, which earned Kenya the reputation as one of the most corrupt countries in the world.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/aug/31/kenya.topstories3