The Directorate of Criminal Investigations will this week question former Treasury CS Henry Rotich and ex-PS Kamau Thugge over the stalled Sh38 billion Itare dam project. The Star on Sunday learnt that the two are expected to reveal who authorised an advance payment of Sh4.3 billion to the now-defunct Italian contractor CMC Di Ravenna in relation to the Itare project. Furthermore, Rotich and Thugge will be quizzed on the terms of a 2015 loan agreement between the National Treasury and BNP Paribas Fortis and Intesa Sanpaolo of Italy. They will be expected to explain whether the loan guaranteed was secured and whether the government can recoup the advance payment to CMC Di Ravenna. Also questioned was Lydia Ntimama, the daughter of the late Cabinet minister William ole Ntimama, who was a board member of Rift Valley Water Works Development Agency.

Source: The Star July 13, 2020 02:03 UTC