Tuesday, 14th February, 2023
The arresting Officer from the Anti Corruption Commission yesterday testified that the values in the indictment of Former Home Affairs Minister Hon. Stephen Kampyongo and Wife Mrs Wanziya Chirwa Kampyongo are not actual values of the properties as only the market values considered.
According to the ACC officer, the commission engaged the Government Department of Evaluation to evaluate the properties belonging to the Kampyongo’s and confirmed that no quantity surveyor was engaged during the entire process of investigations.
On 20th December, 2022, An Officer from the Department of Evaluation testified and presented a report to the court of the findings the department conducted on the Kampyongo’s and during his testimony the officer at the time emphatically stated that “they did not know how much was spent on the properties” and the report only bared costs of the properties based on the current market values.
And when the matter came before Magistrate Silvia Muninya yesterday, the Defense, questioned the ACC officer based the above stated report on what was the commissions input in the report and basis of the evidence today? In an astonishing and jaw dropping moment not only to the witness herself but to the entire court room, the ACC officer stated that the values in the report are ONLY current market values and denied to answer if she as the investigator knew the amount spent to acquire the properties.
“Can you confirm to this court that what is in this report you are speaking to are not the actual values of the properties but market values?”
The hesitant Officer stated that they are market values were the actual values and the Defense now took it upon themselves to define the terminologies and referred the officer back to the report on the consideration section and was asked to read for the court on what the Government Evaluation Department being the ones who prepared the report considered during the investigation.
With now a clear understanding of what was considered in the report the officer confirmed to the court that the report bared no actual values on all properties but market values, which according to the Wall Street Mojo definition of Market Value does not reflect the actual and true value of something in this case properties.
The matter was since adjourned to 6th March for continuous of trial.
