This archive report was first published on 8 July 2020.
On July 8, 2020, a Kiambu resident, Elijah Gicharu Kimani, filed a petition to remove Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria from office on grounds of nepotism, abuse of office, and conflict of interest in the award of contracts.
Kimani conducted a self-audit on the lawmaker's Constituency Development Fund (CDF) and discovered that Kuria had irregularly awarded his family members contracts worth KSh 170,878,413.
The petitioner listed all Kuria's kin who had benefited in the multi-million deals, including his brother Aloise Kinyanjui, who is the director of Finishline Construction firm, awarded a contract worth KSh 32,531,540.
Kimani also claimed that 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.
Furthermore, 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 Kiambu resident also said the lawmaker's sister Jane Wambui Kuria had received a contract worth KSH 9,814,240 in two schools through her company Kiki Holdings Ltd.
