Goldenberg Commission of Inquiry Report - Mars Group Kenya

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Our task would have been impossible without the assistance and
support of various persons, individual, and corporate. In that connection, we
would like to thank the Attorney General, Hon. Amos S. Wako, E.G.H., E.B.S.,
M.P. who appeared as amicus curiae before us and for his valuable assistance
to us at various stages of the inquiry.
We would like to thank the Chief Justice, Hon. Evan Gicheru, the
Commissioner of Police, the Commandant Administration Police, and other
Government Ministries and Departments for releasing the various officers who
were attached to this Judicial Commission.
We would like to express our appreciation to counsel assisting the
Judicial Commission, viz Mr. Waweru Gatonye, Mrs. Dorcas Oduor, Dr.
John Khaminwa and Dr. Kamau Kuria whose assistance was invaluable in
our endeavour to unravel the Goldenberg Affair. We particularly thank Mrs.
Dorcas Oduor, for her resourcefulness in identifying some important
witnesses who testified and some documentary material which was tendered
in evidence.
We would like to express our appreciation to other Counsel who
appeared for various persons, corporate and individual, who were adversely
mentioned. They displayed excellent advocacy and decorum during the
inquiry and for that we commend them.
We must record our appreciation for the contribution of the Joint
Secretaries to this Judicial Commission, Mr. Dan Ameyo (presently the
Postmaster General) and Mr. William Ouko (now a Judge of the High Court),
whose contribution to the judicial Commission although for a short time, was
invaluable and memorable. Mr. George Mongare Kegoro, replaced those two
and worked single handedly as Joint Secretary for this Judicial Commission
for a period in excess of one and half years. His contribution merits special
mention. The Judicial Commission on the Goldenberg Affair had a chequered
history. It had many challenges. Often we worked long hours and this
inquiry involved a lot of documentation, a lot of correspondence, consultation,
co-ordination etc. Mr. Kegoro was equal to the task and worked tirelessly to