A 2.94 terabyte data trove is now available to the public. It exposes the offshore secrets of wealthy elites from more than 200 countries and territories, Kenyans are not shocked to find one of their own listed in the data as client 13173.
“These (clients) are people who use tax and secrecy havens to buy property and hide assets; many avoid taxes and worse. They include more than 330 politicians and 130 Forbes billionaires, as well as celebrities, fraudsters, drug dealers, royal family members, and leaders of religious groups around the world.”
After more than a year of structuring, researching, and analyzing the more than 11.9 million records in the Pandora Papers leak, The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists laid bare how Uhuru and six members of his family secretly owned a network of offshore companies.
Here are a few reaction about client 13173 from netizens online;-
Client 13173 in 2013 Client 13173 in 2021 pic.twitter.com/xU98nkwhcB
— Client 13173 ✊ (@Gitz__) October 4, 2021
Client 13173 looking at the number of Kenyan journalists and media houses brave enough to talk about the Kenyatta family empire and their secret dealings. #PandoraLeaks.😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/LMIcFyzLbo
— Wamutahi (@Son_of_Laikipia) October 3, 2021
Straight to the airport Dembe. We need to go to Africa (Yes its a country). CLIENT 13173 has been exposed and we need to go create a diversion using someone else to remove attention from him and his family. Tell lizzie to pull out William Rutos file pic.twitter.com/Mt2hIjs5M3
— Big Man Bazu (@bigmanbazuKE) October 4, 2021
3.5 Trillion is enough to run Kenya for a whole year without taxes, grants, loans and donations .
How much is enough for one person / family , Client 13173 ? pic.twitter.com/puLGFGs0DD— PISHORI MASTER… Fafa Munyinyi (@wambugumunandi) October 4, 2021
Client 13173 pic.twitter.com/qiYj3PS2K3
— GiDi (@gidikariuki) October 4, 2021
A good day to manifest Player 13173 being eliminated pic.twitter.com/HjnGCsnJNi
— Client 13173 ✊ (@Gitz__) October 4, 2021