Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) stormed the Nairobi County Treasury office on Wednesday afternoon.
City Hall sources told Nairobi News an employee was taken away for queationing during the sting operation.
Detectives are also said to have seized a number of computers and documents that will assist in investigations.
Detectives are currently investigating the alleged illegal payment of millions of taxpayers’ money to nine companies.
In what the DCI described as suspected fraudulent payments, it is reported that taxpayers forked millions of shillings in payments to companies that did not supply any goods or services to the county government led by Governor Johnson Sakaja.
The nine companies includes Larsen Investment Company, Burasha General Supplies Limited, Tweem Limited, Future Link Limited, Cloud Mobile Technologies Limited, AR Pharmaceuticals Limited, Instabul Investment Limited, Ramecon Engineering Limited, and Brigit West Limited.
It is not clear how much the county government paid each firm but it is alleged due process was not followed in the payment.
According to the letter from the DCI dated July 24 to the County Secretary, the county has been asked to furnish the detectives with the budget approval for the items that were supplied the mentioned companies, requisitions by the user departments in he mentioned companies, tender documents including but not limited to tender invitation, preparations and submissions, opening and evaluation of tender, tender committee minutes as well as award of contract including preparations.
This is the first mega saga Governor Sakaja is facing hardly one year since he took over, and all eyes are on him on how he will deal with the cartels who have dominated City Hall.
In a recent engagement with his followers on social media, the governor assured the residents that those who will be found to be culpable by the detectives will face the music.
When the sting operation was ongoing at the City Hall, the County Attorney General Lydia Kwamboka appeared before the County Assembly Justice and Legal Affairs Committee (JLAC) on Wednesday over procedural payment of Sh60 million by the Finance department.
According to the County Attorney, her office had a budget of Sh60 million which were supposed to be paid to some law firms which are owing the county pending bills which stands at Sh21 billion.
As a move to reduce the pending bills, the County Attorney informed the committee that her office prioritized the firms which owes the county little amount, ranging from Sh300,000 to Sh2 million.
However, the office of Chief Officer of Finance, to her surprise, decided to pay the firms with huge amounts, which was against her advice.
She emotionally informed the committee that someone is attempting to sabotage her roles to taint her image negatively in the public.
