Jubilee Vice-Chairman David Murathe has admitted to have played a role in helping a firm secure Ksh4 billion tender in the multi-billion Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA) scandal.
Murathe – in a sworn affidavit written to the MPs investigating the case said , he was a signatory to Kilig Limited’s bank accounts. Kilig, which was alleged to have been formed two months prior to the tender process, sub-contracted another firm called Entec Technology Limited to supply Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs).
“Kilig Ltd and Entec only requested me to be a signatory to Kilig Limited bank accounts to guarantee that Entec as the supplier of PPE kits would be paid upon KEMSA affecting the anticipated payment on completion of the procurement process and I obliged.
“I am aware that the commitment letter by KEMSA to Kilig was cancelled citing limited budget for Covid-19 which had been exhausted thereby resulting in no delivery, invoicing nor payment for me to guarantee because there was no initiation of a procurement process after the cancellation of the procurement letter,” Murathe defended himself.
One of the directors at Entec Technology – Chen Chao, a Chinese national had revealed Murathe and Willborad Gatei’s ties to the company. Gatei was accused of being a co-director at Kilig Limited.
The foreigner said he approached Murathe to be a signatory owing to his status as a respectable, high-standing member of the society.
Murathe who is a close ally of President Uhuru Kenyatta, failed to appear before the MPs who accused him of influencing the tender process.
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