Jubilee Vice-Chair David Murathe to be Quizzed over Covid-19 Funds' Scandal

Jubilee vice-chairman David Murathe is among persons who are set to be questioned over the alleged Covid-19 funds’ scandal at Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa).

Murathe was invited to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) headquarters in Nairobi on Friday to record a statement as a person of interest in the alleged tender scam, according to Citizen Digital.

Also to be grilled as a person of interest is Meru Governor Kiraitu Murungi’s wife Priscilla Murungi.

Murathe has been linked to Kilig Limited, a company that was irregularly awarded a Sh4 billion contract by Kemsa to supply 450,000 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at an inflated price of Sh9,000 each.

In an interview this week, Murathe admitted that Willbroad Gatei Gachoka, one of the directors of Kilig Limited, is his childhood friend and business partner but denied involvement in the lucrative tender awarded to the company.

“We are consultants. We do a lot of consultancy services. We have consulted for various international companies. We are setting up a lot of businesses in the free and special economic zones and we also consult for construction companies in the country.”

“He is my friend. He is my partner. I have known him since childhood. We are family friends from childhood. I partner with William on a lot of issues but I have not partnered with him on this one (Kemsa tender),” Murathe said on Citizen TV.

On the other hand, Ms. Murungi has been connected to Caperina Enterprises Limited, a company that allegedly supplied 10,000 boxes of surgical masks to Kemsa and was paid Sh45 million.