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  • Treasury Disowns Corrupt Manduku In Sh2.7 Billion Case

    Treasury Disowns Corrupt Manduku In Sh2.7 Billion Case

    Ukir Yattani led National Treasury has said the expenditure was made without its authorisation leaving the corrupt KPA Boss Daniel Manduku on the frying pan in the fraudulent tenders worth Sh2.7 billion.

    In a letter dated November 22, 2019, the Treasury says the money was spent before approval of the supplementary budget.

    “The Cabinet secretary Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure was to grant approval for the request and subsequently seek the concurrence of the National Treasury … there was no prior approval for Kenya Ports Authority management to procure … before approval of supplementary budget 2018/19 FY,” Principal Secretary Julius Muia says in the letter.

    In a case that will be heard later on today,  Tuesday 3rd, KPA Managing Director Daniel Manduku has moved to the High Court seeking anticipatory bail. Manduku also wants the court to dismiss DCI probe terming them as unlawful and illegal.

    Manduku says that DCI has overstepped its mandate by investigating matters that should be investigated by EACC and wants the court to stop the DPP from bringing charges against him based on an investigative report and recommendations by the DCI. Justice Erick Ogola of the High Court in Mombasa will rule on the matter today.

    The KPA officials had in a letter dated January 30, 2019 sought the approval of Treasury to shift Sh2.5 billion of the Sh3 billion previously set aside for buying a piece of land at the Inland Container Depot in Nairobi and use Sh500 million to concrete the Makongeni yard and Sh2 billion for dredging the port.

    Dr Muia said that the budget was subjected to rationalisation and a recommendation for approval was only given on September 24, 2019. By this time, Dr Manduku had already awarded the tenders and paid for the Makongeni works. This was done without knowledge of the Treasury.

    Audit records indicated that nine contractors were given the tender. The tender was split in smaller portions to duck legal requirements for tendering for capital projects. The corrupt Maduku—who has links with DP Ruto awarded  his crony contractors the tender masked as repair works.

     

  • Corrupt KPA Boss Daniel Manduku And Management Questioned By DCI

    Corrupt KPA Boss Daniel Manduku And Management Questioned By DCI

    Kinoti led DCI detectives yesterday questioned the corrupt senior Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) officials. Manduku lead management differed with junior KPA board members on the approval of multimillion tenders that have seen coffers lose billions setting a stage where arrests of KPA officials are eminent.

    Last week, DCI handed over the files implicating KPA boss Manduku to massive graft at the authority to Haji led ODPP.

    “The file was handed over to me. We are looking at it and if satisfied as ODPP we will proceed,” Mr Haji said.

    Yesterday, Monday, all KPA Board members were summoned at the DCI Headquarters for questioning in a probe of flawed tenders worth sh2.7 billion. Board chair Joseph Kibwana was the only one absent.

    The DCI probe revealed differences between the board and corrupt managing director and DP Ruto’s alleged ally Daniel Manduku emerged after he claimed that his signatures were forged.

    Kenya Railways Corporation MD Philip Mainga was also quizzed over the Makongeni yard, which KPA had intended to buy but the deal never materialised yet KPA went ahead used  Sh500 million—from ICDN funds—for the development of the same yard.

    Those on the DCI’s radar are Dr Daniel Manduku, operations general manager William Rutto, senior works officer Anthony Muhanji, principal civil engineer Bernard Nyobange and works officer Juma Chigulu.

    In May this year, EACC and DCI launched inquiries over the fraudulent awarding of a Sh40 billion Kipevu Oil Terminal project. According to the investigative agencies, the tender was awarded to a blacklisted Chinese firm in October 2018.