Jubilee Party vice chairman David Murathe on Thursday faced the Public Investments Committee to answer to questions of his involvement in the Sh4 billion Kemsa tender.
Murathe denied any involvement, saying the matter has made him a target for relatives seeking handouts.
“It is very sad when we allow this kind of innuendo. I have never supplied, not even a single mask or PPE. It is so sad people think I am Covid-19 millionaire and everybody is calling me for money,” he said.
Last week, Murathe admitted he was a bank guarantor for a firm implicated in the Sh7.8 billion Kemsa scandal.
In an affidavit submitted to the Public Investments Committee, the politician said he guaranteed Kilig Ltd.
Murathe had previously denied association with the firm.
He denied being a director, shareholder or beneficial owner of Kilig in the affidavit.
Kilig was awarded a Sh4 billion tender to supply 450,000 personal protective equipment to Kemsa.
The firm was awarded the lucrative contract two months after registration. It was not pre-qualified to tender by the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency.
Murathe says in the affidavit he was requested by Kilig – then under the directorship of Wilbroad Gachoka and a Chinese national Zhu Jinping – to guarantee payments to a Chinese firm trading as ENTEC Ltd.