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DCI Exposes Rigathi Gachagua On His Tricks To Milk Money From Government Ministries

SK 2 years ago 2 min read

The Mathira MP hired various youth and women’s organizations, which he then pressured to form 20 companies and open accounts with a nearby financial institution, according to a detailed statement from the DCI.

After that, the well-connected MP would secure contracts for the businesses using a combination of threats, blackmail, and connections in order to obtain more than Sh1.7 billion from nearly 10 government ministries, state departments, parastatals, and county governments paid through Rafiki Microfinance.

“The MP and two of his trusted female associates approached youths and women to register companies and open accounts at Rafiki micro-finance, then used his influence and blackmail to secure tenders for the companies.

However, one of Rigathi’s trusted confidants and Personal assistant Julianne Jahenda, was made a signatory in all the accounts opened by the suppliers at the micro-finance.

“In a well-orchestrated and executed plan, the youths were then given loans by the micro-finance and assisted to supply the required goods, most of which were substandard and broke down immediately after being delivered, leading to losses of hundreds of millions of tax payers money.“Hospitals were the most targeted by the crooked thugs who took advantage of efforts by County Governments to equip their health facilities and offer specialized health services to the public,” read the statement from DCI in part.

Gachagua and his friends would quickly move the monies to his accounts after the payments were made, forcing the women’s and youth organizations to pay back loans taken out to supply the defective equipment.

“Shockingly, after the tenders were paid to the proxies’ accounts at Rafiki Micro Finance, Jahenda would immediately transfer the money to other accounts belonging to Rigathi, who would then deposit the monies in other different accounts to avoid detection by our hawk-eyed sleuths. In some cases, the poor youths would be compelled to sign blank cheques that would later be cashed and the money deposited to Rigathi’s personal accounts.