“PUBLIC GOOD” Suspected billion shillings fraudsters warned from accessing office

Image result for Danson Muchemi KideroAs the National Hospital Insurance Saga investigations deepen, the JamboPay CEO Danson Muchemi had been said to have gone missing as detectives hunt for him over a multimillion scandal he pulled by colluding with NHIF fraudsters led by CEO Geoffrey Mwangi

However two directors of Web Tribe Limited, a company linked to fraud at the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF), have been barred from accessing their offices until police find and secure evidence.

Anti-Corruption Court Chief Magistrate Douglas Ogoti issued the order on Tuesday against Mr Danson Muchemi Njunji and Robert Muriithi Muna.Image result for jambopay

The scandal is related to irregular awarding and extension of the contract for the provision of integrated revenue collection services to Webtribe Limited trading as Jambo Pay and an alleged  Ksh.1,103,060,853.89 was lost at NHIF.

In issuing the directive, Mr Ogoti said, “I direct State prosecutor Carol Kimiri to extract this order and serve the same on Muchemi and Muriithi, who are not in court.”

“It is for public good,” he said, following a plea by the director of public prosecutions, who noted the need to preserve evidence.

While urging the court to issue orders for the preservation the offices, computers and all documents, Ms Kimiri noted that Web Tribe was hired to collect revenue through the Integrated Revenue Collection System (IRCS) on behalf of the NHIF.Image result for Danson Muchemi KideroThe company’s servers are located at View Park Towers in Nairobi.

Ms Karimi further noted that all claims to the NHIF are channelled through the company’s website, therefore all payments to health institutions which rendered services are submitted to the organisation.

“Unless the accused are barred from accessing the offices, evidence will definitely be interfered with,” she told the court.

The prosecutor made the application when two former employees of the fund, Mr David Muli Nzuki and Ms Millicent Wangui Mwangi, were charged.

In April, he signed a deal with Nairobi City County to automate payment of parking, rental, permit and land rates. Four months later, he controversially signed a deal to offer payment services to NHIF.

In both cases, the astronomical commissions — between four per cent and 4.5 per cent of collections — paid by the public entities raised the eyebrows of watchdogs, including Auditor-General Edward Ouko.

Both Mr Ouko and the Nairobi County Assembly have called for cancellation of the deal because of procurement flaws and high fees.

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