Nairobi County Chief Officer Finance Halkano Waqo snubs Eacc summons
Embattled Nairobi County Chief Officer for Finance Halkano Diida Waqo today snubbed summons by the anti-graft body detectives without any explanation for his no-show.
The Informer has established that City Hall, through the acting Nairobi County Secretary Dr Jairus Musumba is planning to seek an alternative date.
Two detectives attached to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (Eacc) David Changkwony and Jeremiah Buchianga were kept waiting for the better part of the day.
“The summons were very clear on the time the invited guest was to appear for statement recording. However, he never showed up.” An impeccable source intimated.
Eacc Forensic Investigation deputy director John Lolkolio had requested Nairobi County Secretary to facilitate presentation of Waqo at Integrity Centre at 9am today.
“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.” The summons by Lolkolio reads in part.
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), Nairobi County Assembly Minority Whip Peter 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.
