Former President Mwai Kibaki is credited for many many things among them being the Thika Superhighway, one of its kind in East and Central Africa.
However, just like the current president's administration, Kibaki's government was also ravaged by many multi-million shillings scandals.
Here we focus on the three mega-scandals that tainted what would be otherwise Kibaki's good legacy.
Free Primary Education Scandal
The Ministry of Finance conducted a forensic audit of Kenya Education Sector Support Programme (KESSP) with the technical assistance of UK's Department for International Development (DFID) between April and September 2010 where it was established that millions of shillings were mismanaged.
As a result, the World Bank suspended funding to KESSP where it was providing approximately Sh7.12 billion, the United Kingdom suspended her education aid to Kenya while the United States suspended Sh623 million.
Sale of Grand Regency Hotel (Laico Regency)
The hotel was sold at Sh2.9 billion to Libyan Africa Investment Company (Laico) in 2008. However, the money was said to be too little for a five-star hotel which was valued to be worth over Sh6 billion.
The sale had been approved by the then Finance Minister Amos Kimunya who had vowed to die rather than resign over the same.
Triton Scandal
A biting fuel shortage in 2008 hit Kenya. Complaints from oil marketers and financiers led Kenya Pipeline Company to order an internal audit of its inventory where it was discovered that millions of liters of oil were irregularly released between November 2007 and November 2008 to Triton Petroleum Limited.
The firm was associated with Yagnesh Devani. It collapsed in 2009 after the scandal was unearthed while owing financiers Sh7.6 billion leading to a series of multimillion lawsuits involving local and international firms.
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