This archive report was first published on 25 November 2019.
On November 25, 2019, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) revealed that bribery, kickbacks, collusion, bid rigging, embezzlement, fraud, incomplete, and abandoned projects were some of the major issues facing Kenya's infrastructure sector.
The commission stated that it was investigating government departments that had paid for incomplete projects, resulting in billions of shillings lost by taxpayers.
According to Archbishop (Rtd) Eliud Wabukala, the EACC chairman, the malpractices included payments for works not done and conflict of interest.
He added that irregular variations of contracts and road designs to facilitate undesirable shortcuts were also emerging malpractices reported to the commission.
Speaking at an integrity assurance training course for officers from the Kenya National Highways Authority (KENHA) in Lake Naivasha Resort, Wabukala emphasized the importance of integrity in the infrastructure sector, stating, "The infrastructure sector and particularly implementation of public infrastructure projects have not been spared by the dangerous cancer of corruption."
He urged the officers to take the less travelled road of integrity in their service at the authority for the good of the country through provision of impeccable services.
Wabukala also stated that the commission was keenly monitoring the activities and conduct of all public officials to ensure that public resources were prudently used.
On his part, KENHA chairman Engineer Wangai Ndirangu said that they had automated operations in their weighbridges, which in the past had been associated with corruption.
