This archive report was first published on 10 November 2019.
Kenya Airways is facing scrutiny over its maintenance, repair, and overhaul of aircraft engines for the financial years 2017/2018 and 2018/2019. The Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has requested documents from the airline's management to facilitate investigations into 18 critical areas deemed to have been flouted.
According to a letter dated September 2, 2019, by Abdalla Komesha, the officer in charge of the Banking Fraud Investigations Unit, the DCI wants Kenya Airways to supply documents on the Procurement Guidelines of 2015. The detectives are also investigating the composition of the tender and procurement committee for the two financial years.
The probe will encompass the composition of the KQ board members and its structure, as well as the list of pre-qualified suppliers for the period between 2015 and 2018. The detectives are also investigating the composition of the technical and evaluation committee, tender evaluation reports, and final sourcing reports.
The DCI is conducting a probe to ascertain whether staff conspired to bring down the airline and to establish why the tender committee has been denying local low-cost hoteliers business in favor of expensive players.
