Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua Arrested over Sh12.5 Billion Tender Scam
Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua has been arrested in connection with a multi-billion-shilling tender scam.
Gachagua was apprehended on Monday by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and was taken to DCI headquarters for interrogation.
Detectives are investigating how Sh12.5 billion was wired to Gachagua’s bank accounts between 2013 and 2020.
The MP is said to have used proxies to fraudulently win tenders in various county government, State agencies, and ministries through 22 companies with him as the sole beneficiary.
Gachagua is also being investigated by the Asset Recovery Agency (ARA), which is seeking to establish the source of the Sh12.5 billion that passed through his accounts.
Gachagua is alleged to have received the funds through three accounts in Rafiki Micro Finance Bank.
The funds were received from the Ministry of Lands (Kenya Informal Settlements Program), State Department for Special Planning, Ministry of Health, Bungoma County government, Mathira Constituency Development Fund, Nyeri County government, and the National Irrigation Board and are suspected to be proceeds of crime.
Investigators established that two hairdressers and a former MPesa attendant were awarded lucrative tenders for the national government and Mathira Constituency Development Fund (CDF) but Gachagua insists the deals are not fraudulent
Over 100 people who did business with Gachagua have already been questioned in the past six months. They include Laikipia Senator John Nderitu who received Sh1.9 million from Gachagua, former Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri (Sh5.9 million), Meru Senator Mithika Linturi (Sh1.3 million), and Ruguru Ward MCA (Nyeri) Karanja Muriuki who received Sh11 million.
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Lock this huge thief up! We…
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Lock this huge thief up! We can’t have Kenyans suffering while thieves of our money like gachagua live in luxury!
He should resign his MP seat! Now let us get our money back; all the stolen money should be recovered!
The most unfortunate thing…
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In reply to Lock this huge thief up! We… by Mathenge (not verified)
The most unfortunate thing are the voters who glorify these political thieves and keep on calling them muheshimiwa!
There is no a muheshimiwa thief! Voters must change the attitude toward corruption. It is a deadly cancer that is eating away our country as every body watch. Maybe the most poor voters are the encouragers of corruption because they keep extending a hand to the thieves, hence enabling them to steal even more!
Just look at DP Ruto who continues to hoodwink Kenyans with crazy dirty wheelbarrows bought with stolen money! And people, mostly the youth seems to fall fir that shit. It is very strange indeed that people can be this naive!
Look at this scam bug…
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Look at this scam bug smiling while Kenyans are dying of hunger! Drive him over the cliff and let him free fall and died! We are tired of thieves!
Arrest every body who have…
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Arrest every body who have partaken in this corruption network! I sure would love to knock off his dentures to make him feel the pain like the rest of us!
He is a DP Ruto best friend - conjoined thieves!!
Inaonekana dhahiri ya kwamba…
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Inaonekana dhahiri ya kwamba viongozi wengi tulio nao sasa si Wakenya. Ni Wakenya kwa rangi tu! Hamna tofauti baina yao na Waingereza waliokuja Kenya na kuiba mali ya wananchi. Viongozi kama hawa ninawaita "Wakenyareza." Maana yake ni kuwa, ni Wakenya kwa rangi tu: lakini ndani yao ni Waingereza kwa kila kitu kama: majina, lugha, imani, mila na pia tabia zao. Kwa hiyo, nawaomba wananchi waamke na kujua ya kwamba, kuwa Mkenya si kuwa na rangi ya Kiafrika tu. Kuwa Mkenya ni kujali maisha ya Wakenya wengi walio maskini na kujaribu kuyabadilisha maisha yao kwa kuinua hali ya maisha yao kuwa kama yao. Viongozi wengi tulio nao sasa ni Waingereza kwa tabia kama Waingereza wanaoishi nchi ya Uingereza.
It is quite evident that many of the current leaders that we have now are not Kenyans. They are Kenyans only by the color of their skin. They are not different from the British who came to Kenya in order to steal the property of the indigenous people. The kind of leaders that we have in Kenya now, I address them as "Wakenyareza." They are Kenyans only by the color of their skin. But they are British in everything that they do such as: their foreign names, language, religious affiliations, culture, and their daily habits. I therefore ask the people of Kenya to be alert and be aware that being a Kenyan is not only defined by their skin color. Being a Kenyan leader is caring about the lives of the many poor Kenyans and making an effort to change their challenging lives to resemble the kind of lifestyles that they lead. Unfortunately, many of the current leaders that we have in Kenya are not different from the British living in the U.K.
This stupid thief seems to…
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This stupid thief seems to have finally brushed his dentures after I challenged him a few days ago! You might as well look clean, especially in your damn mouth, if you gonna steal shs 12 billion @gachagua! Now I think we are heading some place since your breathe could be free of covid19!
And by the way @gachagua,…
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And by the way @gachagua, stop stealing our money! Hii pesa siya mama yako! Ni yetu sisi hard working wakenya! Unaelewa????
This was started by JOMO,MOI…
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This was started by JOMO,MOI was an under graduate, UHURU and RUTO became professors.
Gachagua learned from the best.
Angalia zile enzi za JOMO na NGEI.
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