Murathe acknowledged knowing a man linked to a company that is at the center of the Kemsa scandal but has refuted claims that he is involved in supplying goods to the government.
The person in question is called William Gachoka – the director of Kilig Ltd, which is alleged to have been awarded a tender to supply Kemsa with around 450,000 PPEs.
“I have absolutely nothing to do with Kilig…” Murathe said during an interview with Citizen TV on Tuesday night.
“I have partnered with William on several issues but not on this one… We are family friends from childhood… We are consultants. We do a lot of consultant business…”
Murathe went ahead to protect the company from the saga, saying Kilig was not under Gachoka at the time the Kemsa tender was issued.
Documents seen by Sonko news show that on April 19 Kemsa gave a commitment letter to Kiling Limited to supply the medical services agency with protective kits
Kiling was given a time frame of 15 days to supply the equipment the next day, Kemsa cited failure to deliver the agreed timelines hence canceling the commitment letter.
The company then appealed the cancellation stating challenges in shipping and logistics arising from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Therefore it provided Kemsa with new dates for the arrival of the supplies with the deadline stated as July 22. This made the suspended Kemsa CEO Manjari issue a second commitment letter to Kilig Limited extending the delivery period for the supply of the PPE kits.
The company was then told that the procurement process will commence thereafter.
But on June 30, KEMSA cancels the commitment letter for a second time citing budgetary constraints.
Murathe who is a fierce critic of the Deputy President went ahead to drag William Ruto into the saga.
He alleged that he knew some “business associates” of William Ruto who were involved in the scandal.
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“We have legal transfers and bank accounts… The owners of the company are known partners of the deputy president,” Murathe alleged.
During the interview, Murathe directed the investigative agencies to focus on firms that were awarded tenders but supplied air.
“This is what we expect the investigative agencies to deal with and not to throw names,” he said.
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