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The Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission (EACC) is investigating possible theft and loss of over Sh60million suspected to be dubious payments to proxy firms linked to senior officers at the Nairobi City County Government.
The anti-graft Agency has been investigating at least 11 officers from the county over the payments totaling Sh60,942,854.
The officers who have been grilled from the beginning of this month are Alex Kayera (Administration Officer), Augustine Wafula( Devolution),Nelley Odanda( Human Resource),Caleb Obumba( Supply Chain Management),Bernard Owiti(HRD),Rachel Mutambaki( security),Francis Irungu( Supply Chain Management).
Others are Justus Alukwe(Adminstration),Aggrey Sagwa ( Supply Chain Assistant),Leonard Biwot( Supply Chain Management) and Joshua Kimeu of Supply Chain Management as well.
The companies that received the suspected dubious payments for unknown supplies are Treber Solutions Limited that was paid Sh7,250,000,Jigsaw Construction Limited Sh7,386,957, Supreme ICT Solution Limited Sh5,030,000, Priceless Cleaning Services Sh 8,480,504,Nane Homes Company Limited Sh 5,308,615, Inventory Investment Limited Sh6,155,000,Freebery Consultants Sh6,020,102 ,Lennota Merchant Sh8,889,000,Malbe Construction Limited.
The EACC wrote to the officers on 27th October 2023 inviting them for interviews and statement recording.
” Reference is made to our letter ref. No.EACC./15/47/VOL.IX(48) dated 27th September 2023 and EACC.6/15/47 VOL 1X(61) dated 5th October 2023 requesting for documents and information,” read the letter wrote by Paschal K Mweu the Director of investigations.
