Detectives Unearth Multi-Million Shilling SGR Ticket Scandal, Arrest Seven Suspects Including Three Chinese Officials

Detectives Unearth Multi-Million Shilling SGR Ticket Scandal, Arrest Seven Suspects Including Three Chinese Officials

Seven suspects, including three senior Chinese officials and four Kenyans have been arrested in connection with a multi-million shilling Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) ticket scandal.

The seven were arrested on Friday after allegedly attempting to bribe Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) detectives investigating the scam.

The suspects are said to have offered EACC detectives Sh500,000 in a bid to stop investigations into the matter, Sunday Nation reports.

The seven are currently held at the Port Police Station in Mombasa and will be paraded in court on Monday.

George Ojowi, the head of EACC in Mombasa says the three Chinese officers are in-charge of transport at the Mombasa SGR terminal.

The seven are employees of China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) which runs the Madaraka Express passenger train between Mombasa and Nairobi.

They are accused of interfering with ticket booking system such that revenue collected is shared between the railway operator and a cartel of insiders.

Sunday Nation says the scheme involves creating refunds for tickets issued to passengers on board and wiring the cash elsewhere. The cartel allegedly uses the scheme to steals Sh1 million per day.

 

Comments

XG (not verified)     Sun, 11/25/2018 @ 11:47am

Well, these Chinese are fast learners! They've already mastered the art of Kenya's corruption system! Corruption or stealing in China is punishable by death. Sadly, part of the point of the anecdote is that higher levels of Uhuruto’s so called infrastructure investment magnify the wicked effects of corruption in Kenya. Wonder which corruption is worse; from foreign Chinese who have exploited our country’s resources already or from the Kenyans who collaborated with them?

One2ManyDayz (not verified)     Sun, 11/25/2018 @ 12:15pm

Whoa! Whoa! the cement has not even dried on this thing and cartels are already chewing it? Does it mean all people in these positions are corrupt? of course not, I believe that there are far more competent Kenyans of goodwill out there who are neither corrupt nor condone corruption. But why are there so many scandals in our institutions? I guess part of it is because when good men/women do nothing evil triumphs. Another thing is that our type of corruption is political. When the political class recycle their own people in these positions, we get trickle-down corruption which works almost perfectly and paralyzes anyone on its path. Kudos to men/women of integrity who see or hear something and say something.

Anonymous UI (not verified)     Sun, 11/25/2018 @ 02:08pm

Corruption is synonymous with Kenya. It is so entrenched that when a foreigner comes to Kenya, they have no choice but to steal from us because that is what everyone in Kenya is doing including our leaders- stealing from the country(Stealing from themselves) From Senators,Governors, Supreme court judges, Police, local government officials, foreignors. (We have all become a country of thieves).No one is in jail. All we do is give them bail and postpone the case to a year or two later. Now everyone knows the trend and there is nothing to fear as they steal. Now we are paying the Chinese the agreed cost plus 30 million a month of corruption money. How can our government be making new deals when the deals we already have are mismanaged. No wonder the Chinese call us "Monkeys" and others call us "Shit Hole" countries. They come and make contracts with us, we pay according to the agreement but they make more outside the agreement than in the agreement. This way We make our people slaves of the colonizers in the name of infrastructure. We are being sacrificed by our government at the altar of infrastructure. I wonder if there are any consequences to this corruption. How will Kenya continue with this untrustworthy locals and foreigners? Are we going to shy away and bow to the corrupt locals and master or are we bold enough to take action? This will be the true legacy of this government- Corruption
God give Kenya leaders not politicians. God help Kenya!!!

Mugikuyu (not verified)     Sun, 11/25/2018 @ 04:18pm

Kenyans are to blame for this. Let us not blame the Chinese. I think the best remedy for corruption is a bullet into the head case closed.

Daima Mkenya (not verified)     Sun, 11/25/2018 @ 05:05pm

Wacha wakuliwe. Lack of patriotism, Lack of rule of law and impunity is what is causing these issues.

Kenya will always remain 3rd world country because her people and her leaders let selfishness and greed control their choices.

You go to certain areas of Nairobi, the East Indians have taken over large areas of the city. Soon the Chinese will do the same. The Chinese don't play around, they have taken over even big cities like Vancouver.

Joe Kamande (not verified)     Sun, 11/25/2018 @ 06:54pm

When shall we get tired of this? They have started eating from the tickets. Watch out before they start selling the lines themselves. Poor oversight is to blame. Uhuru and Ruto, though you can’t be everywhere, you’re doing a shoddy job. Bah!

mkenya halisi (not verified)     Sun, 11/25/2018 @ 07:57pm

I have stated here again n again let's build our country kenya which we will b proud off?But we bust talking shit about our country especially the majority diasporas who think wao walifika.Lets start investing back home!Lets start coming back home especially the professional to start biz train our pple.Engineers,pilots,nurses,doctors wako wengi huko majuu n yet they don't want to come to try to change the system n introduce beta system?If they come they r asking for millions of ksh ndio warudi??When are we gonna our our country first as black pple??All we think is money money n how we gonna get rich??White Pple have left their country n r bin abducted while helping the needy n sick but most educated blacks kenyans warudi wapi???May ngai witu wakirinyaga come to our rescue?Money,big houses,cars is not everything in this life?Old kenyans r sickly dying in majuu juu wamekataa kurudi makwao juu they never invested for the old age or r brainwashed ati they cannot die in majuu??Well Africans we need to think with our hearts not our asses

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