Mombasa businessman Mohammed Jaffer is set to be questioned and arrested over the maize scandal, we can exclusively reveal.
This happens as Cabinet secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri, his principal secretary and top Treasury officials face interrogation over claims that the ministry spent Sh1.8 billion irregularly.
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission has opened investigations into the matter following claims that officials at the Ministry of Agriculture authorised the payment without prior approval of the oversight board and contrary to the Public Finance Management Regulations of 2015.
A source at EACC confirmed that Businessman Mohamed Jaffer is also expected to be questioned over the issue since he might have benefitted Illegally.
This happens as reports indicate that the Powerful tycoon may have compromised top sleuth George Kinoti in order not to investigate allegations that he killed an ambitious project dubbed Mwananchi gas.
Multi-billionaire Jaffer is the founder of the MJ Group, East Africa’s largest provider of clearing and forwarding services. His GBHL owns a grain terminal that specializes in the discharge and handling of bulk grain cargo at the Port of Mombasa.
GBHL boasts a turnover of $15 million and is the flagship company of MJ Group. Jaffer’s other business interests include Mbaraki Bulk Terminal in Mombasa, which deals in petroleum products; Africa Gas and Oil Company operating an LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) terminal at the port; Great Lakes Port Ltd as well as a container freight station at Changamwe in Mombasa that’s due for implementation. Other projects awaiting implementation include dry ports for Tororo, Uganda and Miritini in Mombasa.
