This archive report was first published on 9 July 2020.
On July 8, 2020, a petition was filed against Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria at the Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi, alleging that he is unfit to hold public office due to various grounds of abuse of office.
The petitioner, Elijah Gicharu Kimani, claims to have conducted a self-driven audit of the Gatundu South Constituency Development Fund, which revealed cases of nepotism, abuse of office, and conflict of interest in the award of tenders worth Sh170 million.
According to the petition, MP Kuria awarded contracts amounting to Sh32,531,540 in six learning institutions to Finishline Construction Ltd, a company owned by his brother Aloise Kinyanjui Kuria.
Additionally, another brother of MP Kuria, Charles Regeru Nguru, who is the director of Mwaura Timber Yard Ltd, was awarded tenders worth Sh15,761,445 in three schools.
MP Kuria's brothers, John Nome Kuria and James Koigi Kuria, were also awarded contracts amounting to Sh5,808,468 in Mutungu Secondary School, as listed directors of Supreme General Traders Ltd.
The petitioner further alleges that Lujatech Enterprises Ltd, a company whose directors are Charles Regeru Nguru (brother), Jane Muthoni Regeru (sister-in-law), Lucy Wambui Regeru (niece), and Teresia Mwihaki Regeru (niece), won a tender worth Sh10,267,955 in two schools.
MP Kuria's nephew, Stanley Kuria Ngugi, pocketed Sh14,792,825 in contracts awarded to Kurstan Builders Ltd for three schools.
“We discovered and strongly believe that the respondent directly influenced the awarding of the contracts to companies owned by his relatives,” Gicharu states in the petition.
“Some of the companies herein mentioned were created for the purpose of business with the interested party with the influence and support of the respondent.”
