EX (REA) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER NG'ANG'A MUNYU CAUGHT UP IN ANOTHER SCANDAL

The company, Gapco Ltd was awarded tenders for works on projects REA was carrying out in the three counties of Bomet, Meru and Kwale under very dubious circumstances.

Mr.Ng'ang'a Munyu 

 

Embattled ex-Rural Electrification Authority (REA) Chief Executive officer Mr. Ng'ang'a Munyu is in the eye of a major corruption scandal yet again. It’s now emerging, months after he was kicked out of office by the REA board of directors that under his tenure he influenced the awarding of a tender running into millions of shillings to a company operated by an associate to conduct surveys for power way lines in a number of counties.

The company, Gapco Ltd was awarded tenders for works on projects REA was carrying out in three counties of Bomet, Meru and Kwale. The awarding of the tender was done under very dubious circumstances in which rates were highly inflated beyond the prevailing market rates.

Mr. Nganga was last year summoned to appear before investigators at the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission head offices where he recorded a statement about the huge financial losses recorded by REA in a botched up schools electrification program. 

The loss of tax payers’ money in the schools program and discrepancies noticed in the number of schools that were supplied with power between 2015/ 2017 was major point that the investigators demanded clarity .He was to be arraigned in court but for some strange reasons, he was never charged largely as a result of his close friendship with a top official at the commission who intervened on his behalf.

It is unclear how he managed to convince governors from the counties of Embu, Kiambu,Kirinyaga, Laikipia, Meru, Murang’a, Nakuru, Nyandarua, Nyeri and Tharaka Nithi counties to appoint him as CEO of the development block in Mount Kenya region, bearing in mind his past and that he had never been cleared by EACC. What will stop him from running after tenders now that he holds a very senior position comprising of about ten counties?