Embattled Italian firm CMC Di Ravenna has come out to clear its name over allegations of sluggishness on completing the Sh38 billion Itare Dam in Kuresoi in Nakuru county.
This is after the government, through the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources established that the company had only done 30 per cent of the job.
But Di Ravenna says that the halt of operations is to blame on the government, which it says has delayed in releasing funds, resulting in the stagnation of works in September 2018.
It also blames Rift Valley Water Works Development Agency (RVWWDA) for failing to secure the needed licenses, hence the delay in completion of the construction.
"This resulted in the generation of contractual financial charges for delayed payments, still not paid up to the current date, amounting to more than 4 million US dollars, and, eventually, forcing the Contractor to suspend works in September 2018 at RVWWDA’s cost," it said through Amsterdam and Partners LLP on Friday.
The company also blamed enormous unplanned for costs emanating from the provision of an incomplete and inapplicable construction design by the RVWWDA.
Further, it argues that due to delayed inter-ministerial discussions, it could not access the project site on time.
This comes amid a probe into the whereabouts of Sh19 million meant for the construction which has been reportedly misappropriated.
The firm is not new to controversy after it was implicated in the Arror and Kimwarer Dams scandal, where the taxpayer lost tens of billions of shillings.