Emerging details indicate that a top official of the embattled CMC Di Ravenna firm is being sought by the South African government.
Paolo Morcelli, an executive of the Italian firm, is at the same time among the people sought in line with the stalled Arror and Kimwarer dam scandals said to have gobbled Sh20 billion.
Kenyan authorities through the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have since reached out to the Italian government to extradite the individual to face graft charges in Kenya.
At the same time, the same person is wanted to face similar charges in South Africa over an Sh55 billion project that never took off.
This is after the CMI Emtatemi firm, which is associated with Morcelli, reportedly won a tender to build a container terminal in Durban, after cases of fraud emerged.
The company has been accused of among others, dodging taxes and being conduits for payments, leading in the halt of the project.
Private Investigator Paul O'Sullivan says that a warrant of arrest against the latter has since been proposed in court.
“We have filed in court a demand for Porcelli’s arrest and extradition to face criminal charges here,” O'Sullivan was quoted by the Standard.