There was drama at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Saturday after Jubilee deputy vice chair David Murathe was reportedly blocked from leaving the country.
According to top sources, David Murathe had gone to the JKIA accompanied by his daughter but he was barred from jetting out of the country.
Following the melee, the source revealed that only the daughter was allowed to travel alone as the father tried fighting and begging the airport officials to have mercy on him.
Well, Sonkonews has now learnt that the no nonsense Murathe are amongst the people who are not supposed to travel out of Kenya without the express permission of the current regime.
This source revealed that the KEMSA scandal is at the heart of the Kenya Kwanza government which Murathe was on several occasions mentioned.
Consequently, the source disclosed that president Ruto’s government is not keen on allowing people like David Murathe to jet out of the country since it might frustrate investigation into the scandal that left Kenyans suffering. Also, Murathe, if allowed to jet out might never come back to Kenya again, thus making it impossible to investigate the KEMSA theft.
The Jubilee vice-chairman David Murathe last year faced the members of parliament to explain his role in the Sh7.8 billion Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) Covid-19 supplies now under inquiry.
The National Assembly Public Investments Committee (PIC) summoned Mr. Murathe to appear before it to explain his role in the Kemsa supplies in which Kilig Limited, a firm that was linked to him, got a Sh4 billion tender to supply personal protective equipment (PPE).
Mr Murathe, Mr Wilbroad Gatei and Mr Chan Chao, a Chinese national, were expected to appear before the Abdulswamad Nassir-led committee but instead, all of them filed an affidavit each detailing their role in the Kilig tender. In the affidavit, he admitted that he was indeed a signatory to Kilig’s Equity bank.
“This is total ridicule to the committee. Sh4 billion of Kenyan money is not just money for tea. Mr Murathe used his closeness to the executive to influence tender worth Sh4 billion because the Chinese do not know Kenya or Kemsa,” he said.
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