This archive report was first published on 16 December 2019.
On Monday, the DCI will question 11 individuals in connection to the Sh29 billion Itare Dam project, which has stalled at 30 percent completion despite taxpayers paying Sh11 billion.
Among those summoned are former Rift Valley Water Works Development Agency board members, including Lydia Ntimama, daughter of the late Cabinet Minister William Ole Ntimama, and Chesaina Bartonjo, Christine Ndoigo, David Kinuthia, Julius Lamaoni, Nemuel Machuki, Ewoi Lochom, and Samuel Kaaleng.
Also listed in the summon letter dated December 9, 2019 are Eng. FK Kyengo, Barrack Amolo, and David Yatich, who serve in different capacities in the Ministry of Water and Sanitation.
Water Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui was recently grilled by the DCI over the project, which was supposed to yield 100,000 cubic metres of water per day to serve more than 800,000 residents.
Italian company CMC di Ravenna, which was awarded the tender for the construction of the dam and filed for bankruptcy, is winding up its operations in Kenya.
