A former Kenyan minister has been implicated in Ksh14 Billion corruption scandal involving Israel's biggest construction company.
According to a report by The Standard, the former minister, who is believed to have headed the Roads docket, is among 19 public servants who are linked to the high profile scandal.
The paper further detailed that the suspects received bribes from the construction company, Solel Boneh International Holdings (SBI Holdings), and awarded it a tender to build the Mau Summit-Kericho-Kisumu Highway in 2010.
The parent company of the above-named construction firm reportedly routinely bribed African countries for gigs and that they had a special concentration in Kenya where 50 suspects were interrogated.
"According to evidence collected, in Kenyan alone where the investigations focused, bribes totaling tens of millions of shekels were transferred generating projects and benefits worth hundreds of millions of shekels," Israel Security Authority stated.
The Authority further stated that they had gathered enough evidence to go after the construction company and its executives in a bribery case.
SBI Holdings is a subsidiary of Shikun & Binui whose officials are at the center of bribery claims after it was established that they bribed foreign civil servants and misrepresented corporate documents.
The Israeli police, which carried out the investigations together with its Kenyan counterpart, disclosed that it had completed investigations and would be forwarding the case to the prosecutor's office.
"During the investigation, which was made in conjunction with Kenya's anti-corruption unit in Nairobi, 50 suspects were interrogated, including 19 public servants in Nairobi," continued the report.
