Detectives from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (Eacc) are today morning scheduled to grill Nairobi County Chief Officer in charge of Finance in connection to alleged heist of Sh275million through fictitious supplies.
Eacc issued summons to Halkano Diida Waqo following a damning whistleblowing report by the Nairobi County Assembly Minority Chief Whip Peter Imwatok involving ten companies linked to the scam
Imwatok petitioned the anti-graft body to investigate the matter two months ago.
“To facilitate our investigation, kindly inform Mr. Halkano Diida Waqo Chief Officer Finance to avail himself at Integrity Centre, on 30th June 2021 at 9am for interview and statement recording on the matter.” A letter dated June 28, 2021 addressed to the Nairobi County Secretary by Eacc Forensic Investigation deputy director John Lolkolio.
The summons were received by the assembly yesterday.
However, The Informer has established that directors of the firm are yet to be summoned.
According to the dossier in our possession, Tsuma Trading Company Limited was paid Sh82.6million, Flexilease Limited (Sh89million), Msafiri Feeds Limited (Sh39million) and Throughout General Supplies Limited (Sh17.7million)
Others include; Asmara Ventures Limited (Sh27million) Capital Waste Management Limited (Sh10million) and Daasanach Construction Limited (Sh9million).
However, attempts to contact the above companies proved futile since they did not respond to mail correspondences.
The seven companies are all domiciled in Nairobi’s Eastleigh area.
Records show that Flexilease Limited is owned by Stella Nyamu and Yusuf Maina while Tsuma Trading Company Limited is owned by four directors; Hassan Abdirahaman Hassan, Harun Hussein Ibrahim, Sunilpropatal Davda and Mahamed Hussein Ibrahim.
Yahya Ibrahim Kalif owns both Msafiri Feeds Limited and Throughout General Supplies Limited while directors of Capital Waste Management Limited are Abass Ibrahim Khalif and Yusuf Maina.
The same individuals co-owns the same firms under investigation.
Further, Said Mohamed Chute, Ferdinand Muchomba and John Churko Ote own Daasanach Construction Limited while Asmara Ventures Limited is solely owned by Abdikadir Mohamed Gurow.
In a blow by blow dossier addressed to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (Eacc), Imwatok says the firms are proxy companies of Nairobi County Assembly Members (MCAs), county staff members or directly belong to the Ward representatives.
The petition by Makongeni MCA show the payments were made over fictitious food and other essential deliveries to mitigate effects of Covid-19 but “interestingly no food was ever supplied to the county and no food was ever distributed to anyone.” The petition dated April 24, 2021 reads in part.
The new revelation comes days after The Informer exposed mass looting at City Hall and payments being made without inspection report of items delivered and adequate due diligence of invoices submitted.
The whistleblowing letter is also copied to the Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji, Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti and acting Nairobi governor Ann Kanau.
Impeccable sources confirmed the Eacc and DPP’s office received the petition on April 27, 2021.
Payment vouchers indicate the profiled firms supplied foodstuffs to the Nairobi County notably; rice, sugar, maize and wheat flour, bread, mineral water, sanitary towels, blankets, mattresses and basins.
“It is absurd that the taxpayers’ money amounting to over Sh27million shall be paid to companies belonging to Members of County Assembly or their proxies for either services and or goods that were never supplied.” The petition adds in part.
The payments were made for the alleged supply and delivery of food and non-food items for disaster emergencies to mitigate the effects of Covid-19 pandemic to 127,500 households