Its an imaginable how heartless human beings can be in their greed with regard to personal ambitions in life especially when they hold high positions involved with serving the public who get robbed blindly everyday it seems.
The Director of Public Prosecution has approved charges of conspiracy to obstruct justice and disobedience to lawful orders against National Hospital Insurance Fund chief executive Geoffrey Mwangi and Finance and Investments director Wilbert Kurgat.
This is with regard to the probe into claims of misappropriation of funds, irregular award of tenders and the manipulation of systems at the NHIF.
Mr Mwangi and Mr Kurgat were arrested on November 23 on allegations of obstructing ongoing graft investigations at the insurance company.
The NHIF is reported to have lost Sh93 million after it emerged that a 23-acre parcel of land it claimed to have bought in 2002 actually belongs to a group from the Maasai community.
In a statement on Saturday, DPP Noordin Haji noted that Mr Mwangi and Mr Kurgat denied officers of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) access to crucial documents.
“The investigations by the DIC have revealed that the two individuals jointly conspired to obstruct the course of justice by denying the DCI officers access to the crucial documents,” Mr Haji said.
He said he that upon reviewing the file submitted by the DCI, he found there was sufficient evidence to support the two charges.
In August, Mr Peter David Leparakwo tabled documents before the Public Investments Committee (PIC) of the National Assembly showing that he is the owner of the disputed land in Karen currently valued at Sh1.3 billion.
NHIF was also in the eye of a storm after it emerged that it paid Sh1.4 billion for no work done on the land.
But, when he appeared before the committee, Mr Mwangi was unable to account for the expenditure, forcing the committee to stand him down.
The genesis of the scandal was traced back to 2002 when the public insurance provider claimed acquisition of the land. After the alleged acquisition, NHIF got a survey and drawings done with the intention of putting up a resource centre.
The insurer would then send a team of architects, engineers and consultants to the ground, but they could not do anything after Mr Leparakwo’s group protested. The team was still paid Sh1.4 billion as per their agreement with NHIF, despite doing nothing.
Even after the turn of events, the management of NHIF went ahead to change the concept from a resource centre to the construction of a medical facility before the courts could settle the ownership dispute.
Do you believe the land allegedly belonging to a group of Maasai community was a scam by Geoffrey?