The families of Ex-Cabinet Minister Simeon Nyachae and former President Daniel Arap Moi’s personal assistant Joshua Kulei have been awarded multi-billion construction tenders.
The two families were awarded construction tenders for 1,562 housing units at Pangani under President Uhuru Kenyatta's Big Four Agenda.
The low-cost housing units will be constructed under the private partnership programme between City Hall and three companies owned by the two families.
File image of former President Daniel Arap Moi’s personal assistant Joshua Kulei. |Photo| Courtesy|
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Under the PPP project, City Hall will provide land, while the companies will construct the houses which will later be sold to members of the public.
The 1,562 housing units will be constructed in a 4.8-acre piece of land.
According to Nation, the three companies; Sovereign Group Limited, Lee Construction, and Tecnofin Kenya Limited were first awarded the Ksh6.5 billion construction tenders in 2016, during the reign of former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero.
The project was later absorbed into the Big Four Agenda a year after Kidero was ousted as governor.
According to the contract, the three companies will spend Ksh6.5 billion to construct the low-cost houses, which will be sold to Kenyans on a first-come, first-serve priority and at affordable prices.
Details of the companies and their involvement in the project emerged after law firm Robson Harris & Company Advocates, filed a lawsuit seeking compensation of Ksh66 million for consultancy done for the Pangani project from the three companies.
According to Chepchirchir Sego, a Robson Harris advocate, the three firms refused to settle legal bills in respect to consultancy that was done between 2016 and 2018.
“The respondents have on several occasions acknowledged their indebtedness to Robson Harris & Company Advocates and despite Robson Harris & Company Advocates engaging them severally for purposes of making payment, they have engaged in a contour route of using every obstacle available to ignore/neglect and/or refuse to pay Robson Harris & Company Advocates their due and owing legal fees,” Sego said in an affidavit.
Sovereign Group, Tecnofin and Lee Construction are being represented by MMC Asafo in the suit.
Kenneth Wilson, the companies' attorney asked the High Court to dismiss the fee claimed by Robson Harris arguing that it was settled upon without properly adhering to the Advocates Remuneration Order – the guidebook used by lawyers to charge clients for services rendered.
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