Italian public prosecutors launched a criminal investigation against CMC di Ravenna in March 2019, targeting alleged involvement in corruption linked to Kenya's multi-billion shilling dams project. The probe follows claims the firm participated in a fraudulent scheme during a 2012 port construction contract in Molfetta, Southern Italy.
The company faces additional legal challenges after abandoning a Ksh35.5 billion infrastructure project in Nepal in December 2018, prompting the Nepalese government to seize its Ksh1.84 billion performance bond. This comes as Kenyan Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich underwent 12 hours of questioning by investigators over the Arror and Kimwarer dams scandal tied to the firm.
The 2019 investigation marks the latest development in international scrutiny of CMC di Ravenna, which has been implicated in multiple corruption cases. The Kenyan government has not yet issued an official response to the ongoing probes.
