Following the arrest of former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa in an investigation into a Sh39 billion fake tender deal to supply the government with military surveillance equipment, guns, and ammunition, it has now emerged that the American merchants keen to win the tender had allegedly been hosted at Harambee House Annex Building, where Deputy President William Ruto has his office.

The arrest of Echesa along Harambee Avenue followed a complaint by two gun dealers who claimed he had swindled them Sh11.5 million they had paid as ‘consultancy fees’.

The gun dealers claimed the former CS had promised to use his influence to help them secure the multi-billion shilling security tender.

Detectives handling the matter claim to have recovered documents bearing government letterheads from Echesa, and that officers were working to validate their genuineness. 

Echesa was grilled the entire day Thursday and is alleged to have used the signature of Defence Cabinet Secretary Amb. Monica Juma to cut a fraudulent multi-billion shilling deal.

He is reported to have approached foreign investors through mail introducing himself as a Kenyan politician who would peg them with a lucrative Ksh.39.5 billion tender.

Already, the gun dealers are reported to have paid a firm known as Pizzle Consultancy 115,000 US dollars, an equivalent of Ksh.11.5 million.

Forensic investigations on the signatures have been launched, ahead of summons for the CS next week.

Echesa spent the entire Thursday night at Muthaiga Police Station alongside Daniel Otieno Omondi, Kennedy Oyoo and Clifford Okoth and the four are to be arraigned today.

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