Sexploitation, nepotism hit Presidential Delivery Unit – Weekly Citizen

Boniface Gatobu Kinoti

Laban Cliff Onserio

All is not well at the Presidential Delivery Unit based at Kenyatta International Convention Centre with members being accused of engaging in sexual escapades, corruption and nepotism.
Indeed, internal dissent within the PDU, the agency tasked with overseeing the Big Four Agenda, now threatens to scuttle Uhuru Kenyatta’s legacy projects.

It is also said, nobody knows the budget allocated to PDU and is that it is one of the cash cows being used to undermine William Ruto office.
In fact it is whispered, the money that was budgeted to be used  in Ruto’s office has been diverted to PDU and that is why the staff based at DP’s office has been experiencing financial crisis. PDU coordinators in each county are said to be swimming in money and of late are using county commissioners to target contractors and other suppliers doing business with the national government projects to mint millions.
According to reports, there is a clash of egos where some members feel they are superior and should be allowed to do whatever they like.
Recently, a frustrated director at the unit sought help from one of the president’s aide to manage the chaos in the unit.
PDU includes former journalists Laban Cliff Onserio, Mumbi Warui and Nixon Ng’ang’a. Others are former MPs Silvanus Onyango, Boniface Kinoti and a former political aspirant Michael Rotich.
The unit was officially installed to follow up on Uhuru’s legacy projects.
It is tasked with following up with county commissioners on national government projects and implementation of the Big Four agenda.
But according to sources, tribalism, sex exploitation and nepotism are the big four agenda at the unit mandated to help Uhuru deliver his four agenda to Kenyans and leave behind a lasting legacy.
Last year, the unit employed new 40 staff members but surprisingly, those engaged in employment were directly linked to powerful forces at State House, the seat of the presidency.
One of those employed, a married woman is said to have had sex escapades with a powerful individual in government before
landing the lucrative position which is not in conformity with Chapter Six of the constitution which heavily dwells on leadership and integrity.
This is emerging at a time when information in our possession indicates that powerful people forced the National Land Commission and Kenya Railways officials to include names of individuals on a list that was to be compensated for land
acquired to construct standard gauge railway line.
Insiders aver that the job descriptions of the staff are not clear and neither are their roles.
Some of the employees are known to demand bribes from county commissioners failure to which they will write damning reports about their counties.
The employees further claim huge allowances even when working in stations near Nairobi.
Questions are also being asked on the criteria for employment.
Most of the employees cannot write project reports which help donors and government agencies know whether their money has been put to good use.
Senior male employees are also accused of sexually molesting their female colleagues, particularly the new ones. They arrange for them to accompany them in upcountry tours where they book them in the same hotel. They later demand sex,
with those who turn down their advances threatened with sacking.