Threats and Graft: The Battle Over Kilifi’s Corruption Scandal

Kilifi whistle blower’s life in danger following threats from Mung’aro’s Ally

A Whistle blower on graft related activities in Kilifi County is a worried man following reports that goons and associates of Governor Gideon Mung’aros are after his life.

Popularly known as ‘Msema Ukweli’ in the annals of Kilifi town, the whistle blower whose name will be withheld for security reasons is also seeking police protection from contractors who have raised invoices despite having supplied nothing.

A contractor named Francis Ngala is believed to be behind the scheme after being mentioned in several corruption allegations.

In a leaked audio recording, Ngala is heard telling the whistleblower that he is a man of many ways and has protection from various agencies including the Antiterrorism Police Unit ( APTU), Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI), Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and political heavyweights in the country to back him.

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“I know there are those opposing Governor Gideon Mung’aro like Aisha Jumwa, and if you put what i am  telling you on the internet, remember i know all the police and i am capable of looking for you,i know the government and I don’t fear anyone. I only fear God.”He said.

This comes at a time when reports are rife that Ngala’s  bank accounts and those that he shares with his proxies including the wife Final Kadzo Kithi might be frozen.

Kazdzo is the director at Kaereny Construction and Engineering Supplies limited that has been flagged over dubious tender deals  in Kilifi.
One of the dubious deal revolves around garbage collection in Mtwapa under tender number KCG/WEFNR/OT/1246119/2023/2024.

Our private investigations have revealed that Ngala’s company does not meet standards to do garbage collection but landed the deal after  bribing his way at NEMA and county offices.
The county is already on the radar of the anti-graft agencies over irregularities and suspected misuse of taxpayers’ money.

 If successfully investigated, an insider has hinted that Ngala could be implicated in multi-million fake tender deals courtesy of the governor.

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The insider is however calling on the EACC and DCI headquarters to transfer their officers stationed in Kilifi, noting that they have been compromised to write positive reports related to the county.

 “We know that our boss is looting through his proxy companies and the culprits are Ngala and other associates who have managed to compromise the EACC and DCI officers,” the source revealed.

Last year, the county was put on the spot for deleting a garbage collection tender advert on its website, in a plan to bar any investigations into the details of the contract where information available indicated the ultimate contractor was single sourced.

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This is despite the governor coming under immense pressure over a Sh 300 million garbage tenders that had been questioned by oversight authorities.

The county has indicated that the tendering would be conducted under the open nationally accepted competitive method.

The tendering process, especially on garbage collection has been a controversial affair in Kilifi, and the governor has been under pressure to contain the criticism and oversight coming with it.

Garbage collection has been a cash cow venture in Kilifi and has put senior officers and suppliers at loggerheads. 

At one point, an employee named Winnie Luwali Wakati, refused to take instructions from controversial  supplier Ali Noor on hot-air supplies, that is why she was transferred. 
Ali Noor has several companies doing several works in Kilifi,among them food supply and supply of non-pharmaceuticals. 

Ali Noor who is a serial and lethal contractor  wants to be MP in Mandera East and has vowed to give Mung’aro Sh1bn through hot-air supplies so that he can campaign for the 2027 gubernatorial race.

It is the powerful Ali Noor who through his own cartel networks  managed to remove Winnie from the Finance department and  replaced her with Yayha Shoshi.

He also  asked governor Mung’aro to appoint Idris Haji as the director finance in a well calculated scheme to loot county coffers.
The war between Ali Noor (Mung’aro’s PA) and Francis Ngala governor Mung’aro’s confidant began when Ali Noor asked Ngala for a sub-contract on garbage collection but Ngala refused.  

According to our own investigations, Ngala has a loan with NCBA where he took 5 tracks and he is replaying slowly.

At one point, Ali Noor  told Ngala that he won’t be paid anything in Kilifi “unless his late grandmother resurrects,” He was also quoted saying:  “I am the shadow Governor, if you don’t believe me, call your purported Governor and ask about me.” Ali Noor said