Chamanlal Kamani
Encyclopedia
Chamanlal Vrajlal Kamani is a business magnate and the patriarch
of the Kamani family of Kenya
, with interests in hotels, flower farms, infrastructure
, telecommunications, project financing
, real estate
, cotton
, as well as Diani Reef Beach Resort in Mombasa
and Radisson
Whitesands Resort in Goa, India
. He is also involved with Unicorn Holdings Pvt Ltd, a company listed on the SEBI website as having offered to buy out Rajath Finance. The listing declares C V Kamani's net worth (as declared under this offer) to Indian Rupees 588.51 Lakhs, (US$1.3million). His children are Rashmikant Chamanlal Kamani, Sudha Ruparell
and Deepak Kamani
.
The Kamani Family has investments in India, including a chain of 10 luxury business hotels, and in Dubai, primarily in Business Towers.
The family has been involved in some controversial business deals, including an alleged involvement in the Anglo Leasing scandal, the supply of overpriced cars to the Kenya police and the sale of radar equipment to the Kenyan air traffic control. (The Kenyan police website seems to have got their pictures reversed Deepak's picture is shown as Rashmi's and vice versa.)
Infotalent Systems Private Ltd. was one of their companies in the application to privatise Rajath Finance in 2003. Infotalent was mentioned in John Githongo
's dossier on Corruption in Kenya
(page 11) as a recipient of Euro 59.7M contract for police security on 19 November 2003.
The Kamanis are no longer living in Kenya. They are believed to be in Dubai and India operating their numerous businesses.
Patriarch
Originally a patriarch was a man who exercised autocratic authority as a pater familias over an extended family. The system of such rule of families by senior males is called patriarchy. This is a Greek word, a compound of πατριά , "lineage, descent", esp...
of the Kamani family of Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
, with interests in hotels, flower farms, infrastructure
Infrastructure
Infrastructure is basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function...
, telecommunications, project financing
Corporate finance
Corporate finance is the area of finance dealing with monetary decisions that business enterprises make and the tools and analysis used to make these decisions. The primary goal of corporate finance is to maximize shareholder value while managing the firm's financial risks...
, real estate
Real estate
In general use, esp. North American, 'real estate' is taken to mean "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or...
, cotton
Cotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. The botanical purpose of cotton fiber is to aid in seed dispersal....
, as well as Diani Reef Beach Resort in Mombasa
Mombasa
Mombasa is the second-largest city in Kenya. Lying next to the Indian Ocean, it has a major port and an international airport. The city also serves as the centre of the coastal tourism industry....
and Radisson
Radisson Hotels
Radisson Hotels is one of the leading, full-service global hotel companies with more than 420 locations in 73 countries. The first Radisson Hotel was built in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1909, and was named after the 17th-century French explorer Pierre-Esprit Radisson...
Whitesands Resort in Goa, India
Goa
Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...
. He is also involved with Unicorn Holdings Pvt Ltd, a company listed on the SEBI website as having offered to buy out Rajath Finance. The listing declares C V Kamani's net worth (as declared under this offer) to Indian Rupees 588.51 Lakhs, (US$1.3million). His children are Rashmikant Chamanlal Kamani, Sudha Ruparell
Sudha Ruparell
Sudha Ruparell is a Kenyan currently living in Dubai, UAE. She is the daughter of Chamanlal Kamani and was married to the late Ashwin Ruparell....
and Deepak Kamani
Deepak Kamani
Deepak Kamani is the son of Chamanlal Kamani and brother of Rashmi Chamanlal Kamani and Sudha Ruparell. Deepak Kamani is involved in the Kamani family businesses of Kenya, including the flagship company Kamsons....
.
The Kamani Family has investments in India, including a chain of 10 luxury business hotels, and in Dubai, primarily in Business Towers.
The family has been involved in some controversial business deals, including an alleged involvement in the Anglo Leasing scandal, the supply of overpriced cars to the Kenya police and the sale of radar equipment to the Kenyan air traffic control. (The Kenyan police website seems to have got their pictures reversed Deepak's picture is shown as Rashmi's and vice versa.)
Infotalent Systems Private Ltd. was one of their companies in the application to privatise Rajath Finance in 2003. Infotalent was mentioned in John Githongo
John Githongo
John Githongo is a former Kenyan journalist who investigated bribery and fraud in his home country and later, under the presidency of Mwai Kibaki, took on an official governmental position to fight corruption. In 2005 he left that position, later accusing top ministers of large-scale fraud...
's dossier on Corruption in Kenya
Corruption in Kenya
Political corruption in the post-colonial government of Kenya has had a history which spans the era of the Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel arap Moi's KANU governments to the Mwai Kibaki's NARC government. In the Corruption Perceptions Index 2005 Kenya is ranked 144th out of 159 countries for corruption...
(page 11) as a recipient of Euro 59.7M contract for police security on 19 November 2003.
The Kamanis are no longer living in Kenya. They are believed to be in Dubai and India operating their numerous businesses.
See also
- Corruption in KenyaCorruption in KenyaPolitical corruption in the post-colonial government of Kenya has had a history which spans the era of the Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel arap Moi's KANU governments to the Mwai Kibaki's NARC government. In the Corruption Perceptions Index 2005 Kenya is ranked 144th out of 159 countries for corruption...
- Sudha RuparellSudha RuparellSudha Ruparell is a Kenyan currently living in Dubai, UAE. She is the daughter of Chamanlal Kamani and was married to the late Ashwin Ruparell....
- the Anglo Leasing Scandal & Related Projects
External links
- Family behind secret defence deals Daily Nation (subscription)
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/kenya/story/0,,1734722,00.html