Laikipia County Officials Forced to Approve Phantom Tenders Under Threat of Job Termination
A whistleblower in Laikipia County has exposed a pervasive culture of corruption and coercion among officials tasked with approving public tenders.
According to the insider who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal, officers in various departments are allegedly forced to sign off on tenders for projects that do not exist under threat of job loss or unwanted transfers.
“Good Morning Nyakundi.
In regards to Laikipia County Government, you find that officers are forced to sign and approve tenders that are non existent.
If you don't sign, you risk losing your job, especially if you are on contract. If you are on PnP, you can be transferred to a remote area for defying your boss.
In order for a tender to be approved, it has to go through a process. For example, if it is an Agriculture tender to supply trees, officers in that department are selected for two committees to assess and approve the tender.
It can fail in that process if officers refuse to sign. But with a corrupt government, how can it fail?
As an officer, you find that you have been added to a tender committee for supply of trees. You "attended" the meeting in 15th February 2024 and you are here seeing it for the first time in July 2024. You wonder how. You have never been called for such a meeting. Even the chairman of that meeting is never aware of it until he is told to sign.
The tender will have a chairman and members who are officers and are unaware of such a meeting or even the tender. They only get to know about it when they are told to sign. As officers, we have no option but to laugh and shake our heads in disbelief.
The tenders us officers are required to approve as committee members do not exist. It is just a way for them to get money.
At the end of the day, the officers who sign these documents, they end up in trouble with the auditors. They are the ones who are later arraigned in court or jailed.
This is how Governor Joshua Irungu steals money from Laikipians.
I would share some of the tenders here but they would know. Since I have been illegally forced to sign some.
Please highlight this. Thanks.”
SOME OF THE BENEFITS YOUR MP GETS!!!
1. Mortgage - 35 Million
2. Car Grant - 8 Million
3. Mileage - Depends with where your MP comes from but it always above - 300k @ month
4. Airtime - 25k @ month
5. Car maintenance - 400k @ month
6. Health insurance cover - 10 Million
7. Outpatient - 300k @ month
8. Dental care - 150k
9. Optical care - 150k
10. Salary - 1M @ month
11. Allowances - depends with the committees
12. Overseas trips - 2 @ year (2-5M)
13. Total Control of CDF kit - 175 Million @ year
14. National government projects (100M-1B) depending with association with those who matter.
What you do with this information is up to you. You are on your own, the yes Mp knows his interest why not you???