Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) Managing Director Joe Sang’ was cornered by the Public Investments Committee on Commercial Affairs and Energy over a Ksh700 million worth piece of land.
A statement from the committee indicated that Sang’ was questioned over the irregular disposal of the company’s 47.10 acres land.
According to the committee, the piece of land had been illegally encroached and only five (5) acres valued at Ksh75 million had been occupied by the Company.
“This was after an examination of documents revealed that a piece of land located in Nakuru County valued at Ksh700,000,000 measuring 47.10 acres had been illegally encroached.
“The audit report indicated that only five (5) acres valued at Ksh75,000,000 had been occupied by the Company with the rest of the parcel measuring 42.10 acres valued at Ksh625,000,000 being occupied by encroachers,” indicated the statement.
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However, in his defense, Sang’ said that the land in question had been sold to a Company called Nakuru Express Supplies and Services Limited.
Uncontented, the committee asked the MD to present documents detailing the transactions made and proving ownership and management of the company that purchased the land.
The Kenya Pipeline Company admitted that any such documents may have already been destroyed and therefore were not accessible.
“The KPC management indicated that the parcel of land had later been sold to a Company called Nakuru Express Supplies & Services Limited, yet KPC failed to table documents (CR 12) showing the ownership of the company that bought the land from KPC.
“Also, the Committee put the management to task to produce documents touching on the land in question. This was after Pipeline management said it was possible the documents were destroyed,” added the statement.
The lawmakers demanded to have official documents used in purchasing and later selling of the parcel of land to Nakuru based company for further scrutiny.
In addition, the members raised concerns on why the land transfer took over 14 years from the year of purchase before it was handed over to the Nakuru based Company.
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Joe Sang was appointed to the position on a four-year contract in April 2023, after he was cleared of corruption allegations.
He previously worked at the company between 2016 and 2018 as the Managing Director but was forced to resign over graft allegations. In February 2023, the High Court temporarily barred his appointment as the KPC boss following a case filed by the Law Society of Kenya.
However, he rejoined KPC in January 2023 and served as the acting Managing Director before his promotion was confirmed following Attorney General Justin Muturi’s approval.
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