This archive report was first published on 24 June 2020.
On June 24, 2020, Nyali MP Mohammed Ali, also known as Moha Jicho Pevu, made a series of allegations against President Uhuru Kenyatta's Cabinet, including his relatives, during a press briefing.
Ali claimed that the construction of the Naivasha container depot was strategically executed to benefit a few families at the expense of the majority, and that the issue started with the construction of the Standard Gauge Railway, where government officials disregarded the demands of farmers whose land the railway line would cut through.
He alleged that the farmers only benefited from Ksh1 billion from the transaction, and that the land was later sold to the state.
"Why doesn't CS Macharia want the cargo from Mombasa to be transported by trucks but with the SGR, it is because they have a trick. It is not like they care about Kenyans, they are benefitting themselves to register companies with other people's names yet they own them," Ali said.
Ali named some of the people he alleged held shares at the depot, including relatives of the President, and attacked Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho for signing a deal with the Mombasa Ports, which he claimed was among the beneficiaries of the depot.
These revelations come just a day after his motion seeking to impeach Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia over corruption was aborted by Members of Parliament.
