This archive report was first published on 30 July 2019.
On July 30, 2019, the Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi, Kenya issued an international arrest warrant for Italian Paolo Porcelli in connection to the multi-billion Arror and Kimwarer dams scandal.
Porcelli, the director of construction firm CMC di Ravenna, failed to show up in court for the second time, prompting lead prosecutor Taib Ali Taib to call for his immediate arrest and presentation in court.
‘I take personal offence to have a foreigner refuse to appear before this court. Porcelli is a fugitive. Italian companies refused to appear in court on Tuesday last week. The Counsel of Porcelli confirmed that he would appear today. But he has changed the tune now. That is unacceptable,’ said Taib.
Porcelli is also wanted in South Africa over a Sh55 billion project that never took off.
Former Kerio Valley Development Authority Managing Director David Kimosop and eight others pleaded not guilty to multiple charges in connection to the Sh63 billion dams scandal in which the Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji says about Sh19 billion was lost.
