Kericho county governor Prof. Paul Chepkwony has been put into task over Sh100 million tender for the upgrade of Kerenga Airstrip.
This is after Belgut Member of Parliament Nelson Koech alias Sonko, wrote to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to investigate the proposed project tendering award.
"Kindly look into the tendering process of the rehabilitation of Kerenga Airstrip and in particular the alteration of the requirement for eligible bidders to have National Construction Authority (NCA) 2 qualification to NCA 3 qualifications which I have reasons to believe were deliberate and meant to favour particular interests," stated Koech in part of his letter to EACC.
Speaking to the press in Kericho town on Tuesday, Koech flanked by area Member County Assembly (MCAs) Weldon Koech, Humphrey Kirui (Kapsuser) and Aaron Rotich (Seretut/Cheptororiet) vowed to prevent the whole project from kicking off.
"As the elected Belgut Constituency Member of Parliament, I will not allow the governor to bulldoze a project in my constituency. If he is a man let him dare to bring a contractor to the site and let us meet on site,” Koech said.
He further revealed that some top government officials colluded in the project with an aim of getting some kickbacks.
"Some senior government officers colluded with the company in filing tender documents with an aim to get kickbacks,” he said.