CS Rotich Grilled At The DCI Over Dam Scandal.

Cabinet Secretary for Treasury Henry Rotich is currently at the DCI Headquarters in Kiambu over the scandal revolving around the dams scandals.

According to police sources, the CS is set to give clarification on the Arror and Kimwarer dams saga that has rocked the country in the past few weeks.

This is the second time the CS has appeared before the DCI. He had initially recorded a statement over the same matter. He appeared at the DCI offices accompanied by his lawyer Katwa Kigen. Rotich made a statement last week stating that the advance payment made to the contractor of the two dams was done within the acceptable laws.

In a statement, Rotich said media reports over the alleged misappropriation of Sh28 billion is misleading and damaging to the image of  the government.c”We would like to stress that all projects whether domestic or externally funded are implemented in strict adherence to the law and in accordance with the commercial and financing agreements,” he said. “In this particular case, if there were any breaches, the ongoing investigations will capture that.”

Rotich said according to the Public Procurement and Disposal Act 2015, the contractor of the projects; Service Assicurativi Del Comercio Estero (SACE) of Italy was entitled to 15 per cent advance payment. He said under the Facility Agreement and the Commercial contract signed between the Kerio Valley Development Authority and SACE, Treasury approved payment of Sh4.3 billion for Arror dam as advance payment. The advance payment is meant to facilitate the contractor to move to the site and start a project implementation.

The CS clarified that the funds were part of the loan facility advanced by SACE and not from the exchequer. Until now, the DCI has summoned 107 companies (including 27 directors) to record statements over payments they received concerning the two projects in Elgeyo Marakwet county.