The efforts made by the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and multiple agencies in the National Youth Service (NYS) saga investigations have put one of the suspects in the face of the reality.
This is after a company listed to have irregularly received payments and won tenders at NYS lost a tender they had been awarded by the Nyeri County government.
The county government issued a statement announcing cancellation of a tender they awarded to Ark Road Holdings to repair one of key roads in Nyeri. The statement indicated that the cancellation was as a result of mutual agreement by the parties after the company cited financial constraints.
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The company won the tender to re-carpet the road between Kuru Lane and Temple road junctions at cost of Sh16 Million and was to begin the work immediately.
Nyeri Deputy Governor Caroline Karugu in the statement disclosed that the company had requested to pull out of the deal as it was undergoing challenging times financially.
“The County Government of Nyeri jointly together with Ark Road Holdings have mutually agreed to terminate the contract for tender No. CGN/INF/60/2017-2018 for re carpeting of the road between Kuku Lane Junction to Temple Road Junction," announced the Deputy Governor in the statement.
It is however unclear whether the move by the NYS saga probe team to freeze suspect entity and individual accounts led to the cancellation of the tender.
Others have suggested that the Nyeri county executive was under pressure from members of the public to have the tender cancelled given that Ark Road Holdings was under investigation after being listed by the ODPP as having benefited from the NYS loot.
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The recent development comes at a time suspects in the saga are waiting for for a court's determination as to whether they will be released on bail. A number of company directors had sought anticipatory bail but lost in the plea opposed by the DPP.
