Graft and the city: How side deals have bogged down Nairobi from its infancyOfafa Jericho estate in Nairobi soon after it was built in 1963. The estate was at the centre of a corruption scandal between the city mayor and contractors. The horrors of this dalliance between the city engineer and contractor Stone and Chanan Singh, who was contracted by the Nairobi City Council to build houses, were later exposed by a commission of inquiry. It is against this background that Sir Alan Rose, a London based barrister, arrived in the country on December 13, 1955 to a cold reception from the city council which was knee-deep in corruption. The commission also learnt that Somen (mayor) had also supplied 400 substandard flush panel hardboard doors for the Mbotela housing project sold at exorbitant rates.

Source: Standard Digital April 13, 2019 21:11 UTC