Construction companies that have enjoyed repeated contracts, inflated project costs and questionable variations have allegedly been approached to contribute to a war chest designed to oil the wheels of his confirmation.
The Kenya Rural Roads Authority is under mounting pressure after awarding a lucrative rural road contract in Migori County to a Nairobi firm that only recently escaped a bruising tax dispute with the Kenya Revenue Authority. The move has triggered questions about the integrity of government procurement and whether state agencies are rewarding firms with […]
A construction company with a trail of stalled projects and legal battles has been slapped with a Sh314 million tax bill by the High Court, exposing a pattern of financial irregularities that spans multiple government contracts worth billions of shillings. Kiu Construction Company lost its second appeal on Friday after Justice Benjamin Musyoki upheld the […]
By Joseph Kithii The Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) finds itself at the center of mounting allegations of corruption and mismanagement that can no longer be ignored. While Senator Samson Cherargei’s recent statements may initially sound dramatic, stakeholders across the roads sector increasingly echo his concerns about the authority’s leadership. At the heart of these […]
This doesn’t come as a surprise, Philemon Kiprop Kandie, the corrupt Director General of KeRRA has been embroiled in multiple multibillion road construction tender disputes.
Bitter wars to control Sh200 billion tender have erupted at the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) with the powerful cartel at the agency forcing out senior staffers who have declined to toe the lines. At the center of the latest battles is the move by KeRRA Director General Eng. Philemon Kandie who is working for […]
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