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A nominated Member of Parliament identified as Joseph Hamisi Dena (ANC) risks jail for allegedly colluding with officials at one of the leading Government Parastatals to plunder millions of taxpayers money.
The MP, together with other individuals has been under investigations by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission for using his companies for money laundering activities at government agencies.
These allegations involve collusion with Antony Muhanji, a senior officer who used to work at one of the leading government agency at the Coast, and include serious claims of money laundering, abuse of office, and conflict of interest.
The EACC has also been investigating remittances with the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), specifically tax evasion.
“The commission is investigating allegations of conflict of interest and abuse of office at the ‘agency’ where Harbor contractors (K) Limited,Kitengela Aqua Fish Farm Limited,Citiport Engineering (K) Limited and Idealyic Company Limited
The commission in a letter dated 4th July,2024 wrote to the three directors; Joseph Hamisi Denar, Mercy Mterere ,Joseph Kingwangu Safarry over conflict of interest and abuse of office.
The companies in question and which are being managed by the three are Stone Contractor, Escalate Group C, Harbour Contractors (K) Limited, Kitengela Aqua Fish Farm Limited, Citiport Engineering (K) Limited AND Idealyic Company Limited
Our investigation has revealed financial transactions involving these companies, including significant amounts received on diverse dates and accounts.
For instance, Equity Bank Account No. 0180280164926 received Kshs. 66,820,174 between February 2021 and October 2021, and Cooperative Bank account number 01148201202600 received Kshs. 42,737,504 between January 2018 and 2019.
Some of the MPs’ relatives Gliny Joseph Dena and George Shuma Dena have also been linked.
The companies, according to intelligence reports, are suspected through its directors and proxies to have been identified as money laundering and tax evasion schemes in its trade with government agencies declaration of income.
The company received 99% of its deposits from the said agency, its only customer and this is taxable income a comparison of the company’s bank credits with the declared income (Ksh45,231,190) revealed that the taxpayer understated income tax sales in year 2021 by Ksh 58,817,755 for fiscal year 2021.
Therefore the estimated income tax due is Ksh.17,645,326 and estimated VAT of Kshs. 9,410,841.
In 2022, the anti-corruption commission sued Muhanji in efforts to recover more than Sh78 million from him in a matter the nominated MP was also involved
In the suit filed at the High Court, claims Anthony Muhanji used his position as a senior works officer to award his company a contract for excavation and concrete work.
“Mr Muhanji was the project manager at the said agency for the excavation and concrete work and used fraudulent means to award the contract to himself without declaring that he was the director of the company he awarded the tender,” said EACC.
At the time we went on press the embattled MP did not answer our calls or reply to our emails.
Several documents in our possession shows how the MP has been using his power to even lure senior bank officials by getting access to accounts that he is not a signatory but a person who does every work.
Privy to ongoing investigations Dena has so far transferred some money in order to evade police radar.