The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) is now probing the Sh40 billion Kipevu Oil Terminal scandal.
EACC detectives are likely to arrest senior officials at the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) as Kenyans await for answers on where the said billions went to.
The Daily Nation has learned that officials at the KPA are living in panic after the anti-graft body revealed its plans to probe them over the matter.
It has emerged that EACC has already collected at least 30 files to make its case in the matter.
The commission has been probing the matter since January but no arrests had been made yet. It has already forwarded the files to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji.
The arrests will be made once the DPP completes his perusal and ascertains that they have charges to respond to in relation to the loss of the said funds in the project.
Sources have also revealed that the files were sent back to Mombasa to allow the EACC sleuths to fill in some of the gaps before an action is taken in line with the matter.
“A concrete case has been made on this matter. We are waiting for further directions from the DPP,” said the source, as quoted by Daily Nation.
KPA Managing Director Daniel Manduku and former MD Catherine Mturi-Wairi are among the officials who have been questioned over the scandal.
Others who risk arrest are Anthony Nyamancha (Head of Procurement and Supplies), William Tenay (diligence team member) and Aza Dzengo (tender opening/evaluation committee secretary).
The commission claims that the tender No. KPA/077/2017-18/PDM was inflated from Sh12 billion to Sh39 billion after the officers colluded amongst themselves in a bid to loot the firm.
This comes at a time when the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti is camping at the port of Mombasa to probe tax evasion and other illegal activities at the facility.