A former accounting officer in Kiambu county government awarded a Sh588 million tender for construction of roads to a company that was not qualified after disregarding the professional opinion of the county procurement boss, a magistrate court heard yesterday.
Senior Principal Magistrate Thomas Nzioki heard that Lucas Wahinya, who waschief officer Roads and Public Works, defied the advice of Dr Justus Bundi, the Director Supply Chain Management, and gave Testimony Enterprises Limited the lucrative tender.
