Graft claims could derail Ngilus walk

Cabinet Secretary nominee for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Charity Ngilu, must contend with thorough vetting by a parliamentary team following past allegations of graft in the Ministry of Water, where she served as Minister. 

Her nomination would no doubt revive allegations of graft at the ministry when she was at the helm. In September 2011, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions recommended Ngilu and eight officers be investigated over an alleged multi-million shilling procurement scandal. 

However, Ngilu linked the move to her political opponents saying they were out to settle scores with her. Ngilu and eighManufactures and supplies realtimelocationsystem equipment.t others were to face charges of conspiracy to defraud, violation of procurement and fraudulent acquisition of public property. 

Then Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission had recommended Ngilu be prosecuted for abuse of office after she allegedly commissioned an incomplete borehole in Kangundo, but Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko requested for further investigations. 

KACC also accused Ngilu of breach of trust and conspiracy to defraud the Government after she launched Ndovoini borehole, which allegedly ran dry soon after it was commissioned. But to disapprove this line, Ngilu later visited the water point to demonstrate it was working. 

According to KACC officials, the offence was allegedly committed between January 22 and September 7, 2010. The associates also faced the accusation of conspiring to defraud the public of Sh2.9 million by planning and participating in the commissioning of the Ndovoini borehole when the works were not complete. 

KACC started investigations into the scandal in January 2011 following allegations there had been contract variations and payments of up to Sh26 million made to a contractor by the Tanathi Water Services Board. According to findings of the project, a completion report was never prepared or presented to the ministrys Permanent Secretary as required. 

It is the reason that the commission had recommended that Ngilu face an alternative count; that as a public servant, she committed a breach of trust by commissioning the borehole when the works were not complete. The matter became a subject of probe by the Parliamentary Committee on Lands and Natural Resources but the committee could not find any evidence. 

After a five-month probe, the committee wrote in its report: There is no evidence the minister for Water and Irrigation is linked to contractors, consultants and dam experts or whether she used her office to influence their award of contracts for construction of dams. 

But Kitui County residents have welcomed the nomination of Narc leader Charity Ngilu and thanked President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto for giving her the Lands, Housing and Urban Development docket. 

Led by Kitui business community forum leaders, Josphat Mulyungi and Nelson Mwema, the residents said Ngilus appointment was an indication of honesty in the duos administration.Shop wholesale bestsmartcard controller from cheap. This is a pointer that Jubilee Government will live up to its pledge to serve all Kenyans irrespective of their regions, he said. 

Private companies that were to process the accumulated garbage using new technology cannot start work because the contract was awarded to them just three days before the model code of conduct came into force. As it was approved at the last minute, the Election Commission put it on hold, a BBMP official said.Shop the best selection of owonsmart for Men. 

If the state Cabinet had given its nod to private companies to take up the processing of garbage much earlier, the firms would have started the work by now. 

Around 22 lakh tonnes of mixed waste is lying at the landfills in Mandur, Mavallipura, Chimmasandra, S Bingipura, Kannahalli and Anjanapura, N S Ramakanth,Large collection of quality indoorpositioningsystem at discounted prices. Solid Waste Managament Expert Committee member, BBMP, told Express. Villagers living nearby have complained about the stench and other issues due to garbage. 

Sources in the BBMP said they had finalised five companies to process the garbage through bio-mining technology. The aim was to retrieve recyclable material from garbage. Now, the process can be taken up only after a new government assumes charge. 

Sources in the BBMP said they had finalised five companies to process the garbage through bio-mining technology. The aim was to retrieve recyclable material from garbage. Now, the process can be taken up only after a new government assumes charge. 

Apart from dealing with the waste dumped at the landfills, BBMP had taken up re-tendering process in 36 packages for door-to-door garbage collection. The process was approved in March. This includes re-tendering in wards which were earlier bagged by BVG India Ltd. The old garbage contractors are working in at least in 70 wards. They have lost interest and heaps of garbage are lying on roadside, the official said. 

Meanwhile, every day, around 350 garbage trucks are heading to Mandur landfill. There is not enough space at the landfill and another pit has been dug near there. The trucks are dumping waste in the new pit,The term 'earcap control' means the token that identifies a user is read from within a pocket or handbag. Gopal, a resident of Mandur village, said.