Shady deals revealed in Uasin Gishu County

Uasin Gishu County made irregular payments of Sh37,958,378 for supplies that had not been delivered.

An additional Sh3,540,378 was paid in advance to Damco International Ltd to fence a plot at Kapsoya without proof of bills of quantities or contract yet, at the time of audit in August 2013, the fencing had not been done.

There were also irregular payment of undelivered vehicles by the county assembly amounting to Sh40,999,990 on June 28, 2013.

It further detail that the county assembly procured insurance covers from Amaco Ltd for six its new motor vehicles for Sh2,093,073 without competitive bidding and also failed to close13 bank accounts operated by the defunct Municipal Council of Eldoret.

But Governor Jackson Mandago blamed the Transitional authority officials who were managong the affairs just after elections.