Sakaja’s Finance Executive Charles Kerich sued over graft

Nairobi City County Finance Executive Chareles Kerich will have to defend himself in court over graft allegations levelled against him.

A court case filed by a Nairobi resident Francis Kiiria wants Kerich barred from holding office and denied further clearance by the Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission to hold any other office.

Kerich is facing allegations of participating and aiding loss of over Sh290,331,364 million and a separate Sh60,942,854 to companies allegedly associated with senior officers at the county.

The petitioner has cited nine companies that allegedly supplied air to the county government.

The first set of companies ,the dates they were paid together with the amount include;

Lakev Enterpises 13/07/2023 15,478,448.30

Lakev Enterprises 13/07/2023 8,967,692.40

Yehg Logistics 13/07/2023 17,542,241.40

Brighton Pharmaceutical 13/07/2023 18,500,000.00

Istanbul Investment Ltd 13/07/2023 15,227,107.75

Remont Services Ltd 13/07/2023 13,226,000.00

Wesca Enterprises 13/07/2023 13,139,482.75

Zaas Enterprises 13/07/2023 13,184,335.85

Jowa Agencies Ltd 13/07/2023 14,078,017.25

Finance Pet Merged..

Rar Awamimtech Ltd 13/07/2023 18,868,965.50

Duli Enterprises Ltd 13/07/2023 19,652,666.40

Northern Rock Investment 13/07/2023 19,652,172.40

Zafi Traders K Ltd 13/07/2023 19,654,091.40

Niftique General Suppliers Ltd 13/07/2023 19,652,715.50

Westrift Holdings Ltd 13/07/2023 17,345,984.50

Ultrasafe Enterprises Ltd 13/07/2023 29,086,018.95

Finance Affidavit..

Rafseq Traders Ltd 13/07/2023 17,075,431.05

Absit Enterprises

TOTAL

29-30/06/2023 — 290,331,364

Below is a second set of companies that also allegedly benefited from the fraudulent payments as per the affidavit sworn in court

COMPANY AMOUNT

TREBER SOLUTIONS LTD – 7,250,000

JIGSAW CONSTRUCTION LTD – 7,386,975

SUPREME ICT SOLUTION LTD – 5,030,000

PRICELESS CLEANING SERVICES LTD- 8,480,504

NANE HOMES COMPANY LTD- 5,308,615

INVENTORY INVESTMENT LTD – 6,155,000

FREBERY CONSULTANTS 6,020,102

LENNOTA MERCHANT – 8,889,000

MALBE CONSTRUCTION LTD- 6,422,658

TOTAL PAID WITHIN THIS PERIOD 60,942,854

“The details paint a picture of how City Hall loots without mercy to the suffering public and

distraught city residents who are reeling from the poor leadership of the Respondent and other

officials in the current administration of Nairobi County”

The petitioner argues that the first set of companies cumulatively got paid Sh 290,331,364 million on 13/07/2023 at the time the county had received over 70 billion from treasury just before the end of the 2022/2023 Financial Year.

“This was a record breaking money heist with an insider source revealing that the county may

have lost close to Sh500 million in the same period as the finance department rushed to spend the

money through irregular payments before the official start of the 2023/2024 FY,”

Northern Rock Investment, where the CECM is said to be a beneficiary, was allegedly paid 19,652,172.40 by Kerich.

He also allegedly played a direct role in paying Brighton Pharmaceutical with fictitious payments totaling to Sh18,500,000.00 for supply of medicine.

Similarly, he is also accused of perpetrating delays in paying employee salaries and violating the Professional and statutory codes.