A group of online mercenaries contracted by controversial Nairobi gubernatorial aspirant Richard Ngatia have come out to expose their boss for failing to remit payment for work done.
In a message forwarded to our newsdesk on Sunday, 13th February 2022, one member of the team disclosed that in the wake of massive negative publicity, the disgraced CEO of Megascope Limited recently hired their services to battle his political detractors on various social media platforms.
According to our source, their latest job involved countering a Public Relations (PR) disaster that rocked the tycoon’s campaign secretariat folloewing a scathing expose by this site’s Chief Editor Cyprian Nyakundi that unearthed how the Galileo Club owner sold Jack Ma’s equipment donations with the help of government officials.
The so-called “Managed Equipment Services deal” with international companies sought to supply, install, maintain, replace, and dispose of various equipment in at least two hospitals in every county at Ksh. 38 billion.
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The distinguished blogger has also exposed Ngatia’s involvement in the Sh63 billion COVID-19 medical contracts scandal in 2020 where his Megascope company played a role in a rip-off conceived like a criminal enterprise as it was awarded over Sh1 billion contract by KEMSA for the supply of personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 outbreak in Kenya.
It also got a tender for the supply of SV300 ventilators at Sh165 million and a Sh35 million deal to supply KN95 mask at Sh700 each.
For the tough task of drawing attention away from Nyakundi’s viral tweets, Ngatia agreed to pay the team a sum of Sh80,000.
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But over a fortnight since the job was completed, the distraught group of youth say they are yet to receive a penny for their unfruitful but hard work.
“Bro last week Richard Ngatia gave my boys work to counter your tweet and he has gone missing,” our source wrote in part of the tweet.
Also attached are screenshots of their conversations with Mr Ngatia who has been blatantly ignoring all their WhatsApp messages.
There exists common knowledge to many insiders that over the last decade, Ngatia has been on the hunt to bag most if not all of the lucrative tenders under the Ministry of Health.
Megascope has also been a key provider of healthcare equipment leasing for county governments.
The company supplies, installs, trains personnel, commissions and maintains healthcare equipment.
To put it into better perspective, Megascope maintains 98 per cent of theatre equipment in 219 operating rooms of 115 government hospitals.
His influence within the corridors of power grew so high that when a new Cabinet Secretary in the name of Mutahi Kagwe took over and tried to ‘clean’ up the rotten corridors of the state department by instigating the transfers of officers at Afya House, he faced heavy opposition even from junior staff.
