Philip Kinisu Biography
Philip Kinisu is the former chairman of Ethics and Anti corruption Commission. He was the shortest serving EACC chairman (barely 8 months). He is the Chairman of Kose Investment Limited.
Philip Kinisu Education Background
He is a Certified Public Accountant and a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
1975 -1979: Undergraduate student at the University of Nairobi, Degree in Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), Accounting and Finance
Secondary school student at Bungoma High School
Philip Kinisu Job History
November 2015- September 2016 : Chairman Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission.
July 2014 – Present: Chairman, Kose Investments Limited
September 2012 – June 2014: Chairman, PwC Africa Governance Board, PwC Africa
- Oversight of the business operations of PwC in 16 African countries
July 2006 – June 2012: Territory Senior Partner & CEO, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Africa Central
July 2006 – September 2011:TSP/CEO PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Lead a multi-geography professional services organization operating in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius, Rwanda.
July 1990 – June 2006:Partner,PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Lead delivery of the firm’s services to a broad range of clients in the public and private sectors – including in financial services, manufacturing, transportation and government
August 1979 – April 1982: Audit trainee at Deloitte,United Kingdom till qualification as ACA (Associate, ICAEW).
Philip Kinisu Membership
He is a member of Board of Directors at Barclays Bank of Kenya Limited.
Non Executive vice chairman of the Africa Population Health and Research Centre
Honorary Treasurer at the University of Nairobi.
Philip Kinisu Resignation as the EACC Chairman
Kinisu was accused of receiving lucrative tenders amounting to millions of shillings from the National Youth Service. The said company – Esaki Limited – received Ifmis payments as late as June 16. The company listed as number 154039 was dissolved on May 7, 2014, according to Kenya Gazette notice number 3337 published on May 16 that year.
A lawyer by the name Albert Ondieki petitioned Kinisu for links to a Esaki Limited company named in the Sh791 million NYS cash theft probe. Speaker Justin Muturi mandated a National Assembly committee to probe EACC boss Philip Kinisu over links to NYS cash theft.
The Justice and Legal Affairs committee, chaired by Ainabkoi MP Samuel Chepkonga, was tasked with confirming the veracity of the evidence cited by the petitioner. The lawyer wants the EACC chairman investigated for failing to disclose this during his grilling for the position.The petitioner further said Kinisu’s continued stay in office will hamper investigations on cases touching on the NYS scam.
Ondieki wants Parliament to “recommend to the President to suspend the EACC chair pending the formation of the tribunal to investigate the said allegations and determinations thereof”.
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The petitioner said the EACC was in limbo after commissioners issued a statement urging Kinisu to step aside to pave way for investigations.
Kinisu was was interrogated by DCI detectives over the graft but denied any involvement. He stood his ground after being pressured to resign saying his company won and lost tenders much like any other.Esaki received Sh246,011,720 between March 2, 2015 and June 16, 2016 from the Devolution ministry.
The Ifmis report stated the company received Sh5,890,000 from the Devolution ministry on March 2, 2015 through payment number 10001464.
On September 21, 2015, th company received Sh150,123,120 from the ministry, payment number 10002296.
Esaki further received another Sh89,998,600 million, payment number 29831 dated June 16.
Through his lawyer Wanyonyi Chebukati, Kinisu confirmed that the company received Sh35.4 million from the NYS over the past three-and-a-half years.
Further revelations, which he has failed to confirm, show Esaki was licensed to deal with pest control products on March 23 last year, just a day before the Health ministry opened a tender for the supply of insecticides and was awarded the contract of Sh150 million.
In the petition, the lawyer states Kinisu did not satisfy the provisions of chapter six of the constitution.
“He ought not have been appointed if the allegations surfacing now were available to the appointing authority. They touch on his personal integrity, competence and suitability for the position,” Ondieki said.
The House ruled that a petition had sufficient evidence to have him removed from office. The National Assembly Justice and Legal Affairs Committee found that Mr Kinisu had failed to disclose his interest in a company that did business with the scandal-ridden National Youth Service (NYS).
The committee proposed that President Uhuru Kenyatta a tribunal to investigate him. He tendered his letter of resignation the president so as to pave way for investigation thou he maintained that he and his family’s company were innocent.
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