The Insatiable appetite and greed at Coast Water Works Development Agency has hit the roofs and almost folded into one of the biggest but most dishonest canvassing aimed at extorting all shortlisted companies for a Kshs 6 billion water project.
The board led by Daniel Mwaringa, ever cunning Chief Executive Officer Martin Tsuma has been spotted at the Ocean Beach Hotel and Resort in Malindi alongside his procurement officer Stanlus Jira, where they have pitched camp using it as a hide out to meet representatives of various companies listed as potential winners of two tenders floated by the agency.
After successfully extorting representatives of Kenyan companies, the focus has now turned to Chinese nationals representing Chinese companies.
The agency’s Procurement Manager Stanlus Jira has been the architect of the Malindi meeting where he has been spotted with his young and outgoing Girlfriend.
Our undercover at the hotel has confirmed that money deals have been struck with Martin Tsuma taking the role of sourcing protection from investigative agencies.
The EACC regional desk is aware of everything happening and Martin is unperturbed because he is always in touch with them.
At the center of the whole game are tender number CWWDA/AFD/PQ/W4/2022-2023 for construction of Mwache Trunk Main South minland transmission main and Dongo Kundu Reservoir and tender number CWWDA/AFD/PQ/W3/2022-2023 for design, build and operation of Mwache water treatment plant and associated works.
Spotted at the Hotel were representatives of China Railway NO. Engineering Group Company Limited and Zakhem Construction Kenya Limited and Stecol Corporation JV Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design Institute.
Representatives of Power China Zhongnan Engineering JV Safbon Water Holding and Arab Contractors and Osman Company have also not been spared.
Martin who is guaranteed high level protection from a close confidant of President Ruto has been seen moving in and out of the Hotel making endless calls.
Our undercover says Martin has been in a dismissive and don’t care mood stating that he is not going to be the C.E.O and doesn’t feel scared sticking his hands in the cookie jar.
Stanlus Jira, whom the EACC has a million reasons to arrest, is the man charged with the responsibility to write a positive opinion to the potential bid winner.
Being the Procurement Manager, his word is gospel truth and comes with ultimate finality soaked in greed and corruption.
Hamid Mbarak who is one of the directors is also a wheeler dealer on his own and his experience in the corridors of dirty-money-tricks adds value to the board’s con game.
The Chinese nationals spotted at the hotel are not new to the bidding process at the corruption ridden agency as they have won several tenders before.
For the past one month has been all glory for the board that has also swept the pockets of applicants seeking to take over Martin’s position in substantive capacity.
The 12 candidates were taken through the Island of intentional canvasing where millions exchanged hands.
This is where Hamid Mbarak came in handy, scoring high to net in a candidate by the name Abdikadir Mohamed Abdi.
A loose change of some Sh10 Million exchanged hands as the board scavenged and preyed on the next unsuspecting candidate.
A decision to sabotage the recruitment process for a new C.E.O has even been discussed so Martin can continue serving in acting capacity.
Never mind that we have institutions like the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority which can straighten things at CWWDA. But they hear no evil and see no evil.
