Multiple projects associated with President William Ruto’s administration in kenya have come under scrutiny due to potential conflicts of interest. According to investigative report, the projects reportedly involve firms connected to allies and family members of William Ruto and other government officials. One prominent example is the appointment of silas simatwo, a close associate of Ruto to lead A digital Healthy Agency, a key component of Kenya’s health care reform.
Other cases include to Ruto’s political allies or family members that have received lucrative government contracts like that of Nelson Koech and his wife that were awarded substantial public contracts for road repairs and constructions while nightingale enterprise, associated with individual close to state official, secured a significant ICT infrastructure deal.
while Kenya’s procurement law requires officials to declare conflicts of interest, concerns have been raised about the lack of transparency in awarding this contracts, raising further questions about accountability in kenya kwanza administration’s to tackling corruption and state capture.