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The change in direction of Troon's investigation after receiving the file from the Kenyan ambassador to Switzerland on the 17th March and Briner-Mattern's witness statement on 22 March is significant.

All witness testimony prior to these dates had been based on the row in Dr Ouko's family and allegations of corruption in the Kisumu Town Council.

Dr Ouko's sister, Dorothy Randiak, for example, made three statements to Troon, on March 2, 27 and April 11.

Only in her third statement, made some seven weeks after the investigation had begun did Dorothy Randiak testify regarding allegations surrounding the Kisumu Molasses Plant.

Mrs Christabel Ouko, Dr Ouko's wife, made four statements to Troon on March 2 and 13 and April 5 and 8.

It was only at the end of her fourth statement, again made some seven weeks after Troon began his investigation, that Mrs Ouko mentioned a possible dispute over the Kisumu Molasses Project.