[Wilberforce Okwiri,Standard]A senior official at the construction company owned by the slain Somali-American businessman Mohammed Bashir has explained the movement of colossal funds from the businessman’s accounts to Somalia. Leonard Makhoha, an operation manager at Infinity Developers Limited, said the company was in the process of servicing a Sh1.8b construction tender involving the construction of a prison facility in Somalia hence the transactions between his boss and other officials in Somalia. He said the company would continue working on a Sh729m construction tender that was awarded to their company before the mysterious disappearance and murder of his boss. Makokha said the firm was already on the ground undertaking the construction of low-income houses in Mukuru slums. He, however, noted that his clients firm had been engaged in a dispute with another construction firm and the matter lodged at the Public Procurement and Appeals board.

Source: Standard Digital May 26, 2021 03:00 UTC