Kenyan Taxpayers have apparently lost over 68 billion shillings in shady business dealings involving the construction of a number of Dams in the Rift Valley through the Kerio Valley Development Authority.
The Process by which tenders were awarded for the construction of the dams have once again put the Country on the spotlight over it’s tendering processes and procurement processes especially in Government agencies.
Kenyan Detectives have for sometime now been trying to join the dots to find out how Tenders were dished for thr construction of multi-purpose dams, Arror and Kimwarer in Elgeyo Marakwet County.
Senior government officials are said to have received billions in kickbacks from an Italian firm, CMC Di Ravenna, which was awarded the tenders.
It is alleged that some high flying government officials flew to Rome with their proxies to collect the loot in an intricate graft web that has puzzled sleuths.
Arror Dam was set to cost Sh38.5 billion while Kimwarer was to cost Sh28 billion. The two projects are being financed through a loan from the Italian Government.
What drew the attention of investigators is the puzzle of how about 75 per cent of the budget was hurriedly released with nothing happening on the ground.
According to the initial plan, CMC Di Ravenna was to construct Arror Dam, a hydropower plant complete with transmission lines and related facilities.