The parliament on 2007-09-06 passed the Statutory Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, restricting Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission from investigating offences committed prior to May 2003. The Goldenberg, Anglo-Leasing scandals and other major cases were exempted from this restriction. This move was not received well by the anti-corruption campaigners; The former chief executive of the Transparency International Kenya Chapter, Mwalimu Mati, declared that “grand corruption has swallowed the government and parliament that Kenyans elected to fight it in 2002”. This move sparked a public outrage as well and the then president, Mwai Kibaki announced that he was going to veto the bill.
