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Jubilee Party Vice Chairman David Murathe when he appeared before the Public Investment Committee at County Hall, Nairobi over his link to a company that got a tender worth Sh4 billion in the KEMSA scandal.[David Njaaga, Standard]
Jubilee Vice Chairman David Murathe has denied any involvement in the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency scandal.
Appearing before the National Assembly s Public Investment Committee, Murathe said it was unfair for him to be tagged a covid billionaire yet he had nothing to do with what happened at Kemsa.
An agitated Murathe told committee members said all he did was to facilitate a friend to do business acting as their bank guarantor.
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Jubilee Party Vice Chairman, David Murathe when he appeared for the Public Investment Committee (PIC) in Parliament, Nairobi over his link to Kilig limited, the company that bagged Sh4billion KEMSA deal, on Thursday, April 29, 2021 [David Njaaga, Standard]
A parliamentary committee investigating the Sh7.8 billion Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) procurement scandal heard how the ownership of Kilig Limited, the company in question, changed hands, revealing links to top government officials.
The outspoken Murathe found himself on the receiving end when tasked to explain his involvement with the company. He testified that he had been roped in after Kilig Limited failed to secure financing for some 50,000 PPE that were to be delivered by Chinese firm Entec Technology Limited.
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Jubilee Party vice-chairman David Murathe. [Courtesy]
President Uhuru Kenyatta s ally David Murathe has promised to spill the beans on the probe involving a Chinese firm that won a Sh4 billion tender at the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (Kemsa).
A day after members of the National Assembly Public Investment Committee (PIC) linked him to Kilig Ltd, a firm under investigation in the Sh7.8 billion Kemsa procurement scam for Personal Protection Equipment (PPEs) to mitigate against Covid-19 pandemic, Murathe is fighting back.
On Friday, he told The Saturday Standard he will appear before the Abdulswamad Nassir-led committee to clarify his alleged involvement with the company that he was just a guarantor and did not get the contract.
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Owner of firm in Sh4bn Kemsa deal cannot recall bank details
Thursday March 11 2021
By EDWIN MUTAI
Summary
Ivy Minyow Onyango, the sole director of Kilig Limited, told the National Assembly’s Public Investments Committee (PIC) Wednesday that she had no information on the signatories to the company’s bank accounts at Equity Bank and SBM Bank.
Kilig was awarded a Sh 4 billion tender for the procurement of 450,000 personal protective equipment (PPE) kits each valued at Sh9,000 to the State-run Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa).
The supply deal was, however, cancelled after queries were raised on the manner in which the contract was awarded.