The abduction of former South C MCA and Nairobi liaison officer Osman Khalif has opened the lid on a serious cartel seemingly operating on behalf of Governor Johnson Sakaja.
Osman has lately been branded Sakaja’s Mr. Fix It and has allegedly been at the center of suspected fraudulent payments at City Hall.
Our investigations indicate that Osman is only a small fish, representing the face of a serious cartel mostly comprised of people from the Somali community in Kenya.
We can authoritatively report that also on the DCI’s trail is Deputy Director for Trade Mohamed Bashit, who is also close to Governor Sakaja and is also part of the cartel fleecing taxpayer’s money at City Hall.
Despite his junior position at City Hall, Bashit is believed to have made serious headway into the county coffers and has become a darling to Governor Sakaja, whose administration is under serious financial scrutiny by a multi-agency team comprising the DCI, EACC, the Controller of Budget, and internal auditors.
A number of staff have raised serious concerns about the cartel, including Finance and Economic Planning Chief Officer Asha Abdi.
Bashit, according to our sources, is under police radar over fraudulent payments made to companies directly linked to him.
He is believed to have worked with Asha Abdi to swin