A former General Service Unit (GSU) was, on Thursday, arrested for allegedly siphoning off fuel at Thwake Dam construction site.
Thwake Dam, a Vision 2030 flagship project estimated to cost Ksh63 billion was undertaken by the Chinese.
Reports by The Star revealed that the suspect was being held at Makueni Police Station but was yet to be charged because the Chinese contractor was hadn't recorded a statement regarding the alleged crime.
Makueni police boss Timothy Maina stated that they could be forced to release the suspect if the contractors failed to show up at the station to make their statements.
“We are waiting for the contractor to write a statement but he appears reluctant. We may be forced to release the suspect because, without a statement, we will have a weak case in court,” Maina disclosed.
According to unnamed sources at the Thwake dam site, the ex-cop siphoned fuel from the numerous trucks within the site every single day.
Upon filling their various vessels, they then reportedly sneak the fuel out of the site to dealers who ferry it to the market for sale.
The Star's source claimed that a decision by county leaders to allow locals to fetch water from the construction site provided the syndicate with the perfect cover.
The suspects allegedly used to dress up like the local residents and pretended to be fetching water, only to end up ferrying jerricans of siphoned fuel off the site on donkey backs.
The allegations went on to claim that security personnel, site supervisors and police were involved in the syndicate.
However, the Public Relations Officer at the dam site - Shi Yusong, affirmed that a number of thefts had been reported to the police but insisted that they were not aware of the involvement of security providers.
He went on to deny the claims that they were reluctant to record statements with the police, asserting that they would do so when time permitted, and denied earlier statements that the suspect in custody worked at the site.
