Italian firm at the center of the Arror and Kimwarer dams has deserted its Nairobi offices, amid a heated pursuit for persons behind the multi billion dams scandal.
Emerging details indicate that CMC Di Ravenna has vacated its Nairobi offices in Westpack Tower in Nairobi, which it has been sharing with Itinera SPA, its venture partner in the deal.
According to an official of the company, the all the persons currently operating in the offices are employees of Itinera, adding that some senior officials have also returned to Italy.
“CMC is no longer based here and the staff working in this office are all employees of Itinera,” the official told the Standard on Thursday, 3 days after the heated pursuit began.
Among those being sought in line with the same is CMC Chief Executive Officer Paolo Porcelli, whose warrant of arrest has since been issued by the Kenyan authorities.
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji on Monday expressed his intentions to prosecute Porcelli among the others, among them former National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich in Nairobi.
But the firm which has since denied engaging in any wrong doing on Wednesday said that it is cooperating with the authorities amid the ongoing probe.
The company has since been declared bankrupt and unable to deliver the dams, after allegedly receiving about Sh21 billion from the National Treasury.