Exposed: How cartels are making a kill from pending bills
How cartels are making a kill from pending bills
Details have emerged of how cartels working in cahoots with dishonest state officers are raking in millions from pending bills accrued by the national and county governments.
The Star has established that the groups are targeting desperate contractors and suppliers that have pursued payments for years without success.
In a brazen move, the cartels insist on signing fake legal contracts with suppliers which they use to demand kickbacks once the payments are made by governments.
The vice is said to be so entrenched in ministries and state corporations that have for years failed to clear their bills despite presidential directives.
“Pending bills have now become the soft spot and the easy target for collusion and theft of public re...