Rift ValleyEACC to arraign the seven alongside the director of a company awarded a Sh5.6 million road tender on Thursday. Seven officials of the Kericho County government and a director of a private company will be arraigned on Thursday to answer to corruption charges relating to the award of Sh5.6 million tender. CGK/Q033/RD/2015- 2016 for the construction of Bae- Kapsimotwet Kibaraa road in Kericho County to Jawlink Logistics Limited at a tender sum of Sh5,600,000.00. SEE ALSO: Detectives arrest seven Kericho County officials over graftThe approved charges against them also state that one official involved in the tender process was also a director of Jawlink Logistics Limited. “The firm was neither prequalified by the County Government nor registered with the National Construction Authority,” read part of the EACC statement to the media.

Source: Standard Digital June 10, 2020 17:15 UTC