The Director of Public Prosecutions said several key witnesses have already given evidence with regard to the possible corruption in the tendering and payment for the dam projects now soaked in graft fiasco.
“I have been persuaded that the complaints lodged were not without merit and the evidence so far suggests that the breaches of the law emerging, and their consequences merit intense and thorough investigations,” reads the statement.
“With regard to the Kimwarer and Arror Projects, the contractual sum under investigation is Sh65 billion, with Sh21 billion already paid,” Haji said.
The contemptuous payment of Sh21 billion to contractors in the Kamwarer and Arror projects, is a figure that starkly contradicts the sum of Sh7 billion that Deputy President William Ruto had initially said was under probe.
The DPP termed the amounts involved as shocking and confirmed that in the Arror and the Kimwarer Dams, Sh21 billion had been paid out.
Ruto this week declared no money will be lost because Jubilee is a responsible government.