Detectives attached to the Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC) are probing a Chinese contractor over the slow pace and price variation of the Ksh5.8 billion Parliament Towers in Nairobi.
A report by the Sunday Nation indicated that China Jiangxi International, which was contracted in 2014, is yet to complete the project despite an allocation of Ksh 5.8 billion.
Further, the Public Service Commission is on the spot for allegedly breaching the law by exceeding the contractual variation of the project. Reports indicate that an additional Ksh1.5 billion variation cost as stipulated in the project.
According to the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, the maximum allowed for the contractual variation is 25 percent. The project exceeded the variation by 2 percent.
EACC spokesman Yasmin Amaro affirmed that the matter is under investigation pointing out that detectives have begun collecting information on the construction of the 28-story building.
Investigations ensued after the office of the Auditor General called out the project arguing that it operated at a snail's pace despite billions of shillings being poured.
The Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu also brought into question the title deed to the land arguing that the PSC lacks the necessary documents for ownership of the land on which the towers stand.
This comes despite the government allocating the prime property to Parliament in 2000.
The MPS office block, once complete, is set to be a monumental building situated at the heart of Nairobi's Central Business District.
The 125-meter building will include an underground tunnel at a cost of Ksh110 million, which will cross under Harambee Avenue road to Parliament building.
Other amenities will include a restaurant, a health club, a service floor, 18 floors for offices for members of the Senate and National Assembly, and four committee rooms.
