ANOTHER SCANDAL ROCKS KPA AS FORMER MD MANDUKU CHARGED WITH MISAPPROPRIATION OF 1.4B

FORMER KPA BOSS MANDUKU CHARGED WITH MISAPPROPRIATION OF 1B

By Chris Ojow

Former Kenya Ports Authority Managing

Director Daniel Manduku and Junior staff Juma

Fadhili were charged with several counts before

Anti Corruption Court on Friday 28th August

2020 at Milimani Nairobi.

The two accused pleaded not guilty to

conspiracy to commit an offence of corruption,

engaging on a project without prior planning,

wilful failure to comply with applicable laws

procedures and guidelines relating to

procurement.

The accused who appeared before Anti

Corruption Chief Magistrate Lawrence

Mugambi will know their fate this evening

whether the court will release them on bond.

It is alleged that in late March the year 2019

and in mid August same year within the

Republic of Kenya being persons employed by

the public body as Kenya Ports Authority as a

managing Director jointly conspired to commit

an offence of corruption by approving

procurement of concrete barriers works with a

contractual sum of over one billion kenya

shillings which work was not approved in the

budget.