It is being alleged
by a section of those attending the meeting that board chairman Mr. Simon Gicharu
has had a serious disagreement with the financial director over the idea of settling
questionable payments dating back some years ago when he first assumed office
as chairman.
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| Mr. Simon Gicharu |
The Rural
Electrification Authority (REA) board meeting currently taking place in the
port city of Mombasa with the aim of reviewing and deliberating on their new mandate
controversially handed to them a few weeks ago by CS energy was nearly thrown
into a spin early on when a disagreement occurred between the chairman and his
financial director. The meeting which kicked off last Friday is expected to come
to a conclusion after one week.
This is the
board’s first meeting out of Nairobi after their terms in office were extended
by the minister of energy. It is however the ongoing pull and push among the
board members at the meeting which is likely to leave a lasting impression. The
silent unrest is between those who want to maintain the status quo against
those that want to portray themselves as reformists.
It is being alleged
by a section of those attending the meeting that board chairman Mr. Simon Gicharu
has had a serious disagreement with the financial director over the idea of settling
questionable payments dating back some years ago when he first assumed office
as chairman, some of the questionable invoices are subjects of investigations
by the Ethics and Anti-corruption commission.
The financial
director has declined the push by the chairman to pay for goods allegedly
supplied to REA by shadowy suppliers; he reckons that there are no indication
that the goods were ever supplied as alleged since there isn’t any paper trail
to back up the claims by the said suppliers who seem to have the full backings
of the chairman. Some people at the meeting say that the fear of prosecution
has made them scared of making the payments.
It has to be
remembered that in September of last year 2018, the chairman himself and 12 others were summoned to appear before
EACC investigators Anderson Weru and
Samuel Kimani “for interview and
statement recording” over the loss of billions of shillings the parastatal that
happened under his watch.
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