This archive report was first published on 8 July 2020.
Kiambu Resident Files Petition to Remove Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria ¶
Published on July 8, 2020
A Kiambu resident, Elijah Gicharu Kimani, has filed a petition to remove Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria from office on grounds of nepotism, abuse of office, and conflict of interest.
According to the petition, MP Kuria had irregularly awarded contracts worth KSh 170,878,413 to his family members, including his brother Aloise Kinyanjui, who is the director of Finishline Construction firm, and his sister Jane Wambui Kuria, who received a contract worth KSh 9,814,240 through her company Kiki Holdings Ltd.
The petitioner also claimed that MP Kuria's two other brothers, John Nome Kuria and James Koig, were directors of Supreme General Traders Ltd and were awarded deals totalling to KSh 5,808,468 in Mutungu Secondary School.
Further, the petitioner said Lujatech Enterprise Ltd, a company whose directors were Charles Regeru Nguru (brother), Jane Muthoni Regeru (Sister-in-Law), Lucy Wambui Regeru (niece) and Teresia Mwihaki Regeru (niece) of the Tanga Tanga legislator had been awarded tenders worth Ksh.10,267,955 in two schools.
The petitioner said MP Kuria was unfit to hold office and had forwarded the petition to the Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission for further probing.
