This archive report was first published on 1 August 2019.
On August 1, 2019, a multi-agency team investigating graft made a significant discovery in a multi-billion-shilling scandal involving Cabinet secretaries.
According to sources, the team found that four Cabinet secretaries had established pseudo companies to benefit from government projects in their ministries.
Investigations revealed that the Cabinet secretaries had registered companies with foreign directors, only to discover that the companies were actually owned by locals.
One of the Cabinet secretaries was found to have registered a company with foreign directors, which was later discovered to be seeking compensation for payments in one of the projects under investigation.
‘It is disturbing that the Cabinet secretaries are linked to the companies under probe in multi-billion-shilling projects that have stalled. This is denying Kenyans opportunities to get government tenders, especially when the companies in question are international with local roots,’ said one of the sleuths.
The multi-agency team consists of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption (EACC), the office of Attorney General (AG), DPP, Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and Assets Recovery Agency.
Investigations are at an advanced stage, with the Presidential Delivery Unit (PDU) documenting all major projects, including the Sh63 billion Arror and Kimwarer multi-purpose dam projects.
However, the PDU secretary, Andrew Wakahiu, confirmed that the projects have not been captured in their latest report, as they are not ongoing.
