Reports have surfaced revealing serious wage issues inside Frejed Engineering Services Limited, a Nairobi-based company involved in the Affordable Housing Programme.
Despite being praised for its long-standing engineering work across East Africa, the company is now facing criticism for failing to pay its workers for over four months.
The affected employees include casual labourers and technical staff stationed at government housing sites in Isiolo, Engineer Town in Kinangop, and Majenji in Murang’a County.
These are not minor delays but a widespread problem affecting teams across multiple sites that are part of a major state-backed programme.
Cyprian Is Nyakundi shared a testimony from an employee inside Frejed who explained the situation.
According to this whistleblower, the company has already received payment certificates from the State Department for Housing, with each site reportedly clearing certificates worth up to 50 million shillings.
Despite these payments, the staff working directly under the Affordable Housing Programme are yet to be paid. Meanwhile, employees not linked to these housing projects have reportedly been paid, some even using the funds meant for the housing programme.
The whistleblower claims that the company keeps telling affected workers to wait without offering any timeline or reason for the delay.
Frejed Engineering is known for its experience in civil, mechanical, and electrical engineering and has handled over 100 projects in countries beyond Kenya.
It also has strong international import networks in places like India, Italy, and France. However, this reputation is now being questioned.
Workers are asking why, if money has already been released, only certain employees are receiving payments while those doing work on the ground for public housing are left empty-handed.
This has created confusion and resentment within the company. The source who reached out to Cyprian Is Nyakundi says that top officials are still operating normally and even drawing salaries, including the clerk of works on the housing sites.
The company directors, Paul Weda and Stephen Vandika, have so far not explained the delay. Weda is reportedly a former classmate of Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen, adding more interest to the case as the public watches to see if political connections are shielding the firm from scrutiny.
Employees believe that salaries meant for the Affordable Housing staff have been diverted to cover other internal payrolls. If true, this raises serious concerns about how funds tied to state contracts are being managed inside private companies.
The silence and lack of formal communication have made things worse, with some workers now turning to social media and public whistleblowers like Nyakundi for help.
The story shared with him ends with a plea for support, asking him to expose the issue and push for action from both government and media.
This case is still developing, and more staff members are expected to come forward as pressure mounts. There are calls for full transparency into how funds released for housing construction are being handled by contractors like Frejed Engineering Services Limited.
With the government investing billions in the housing programme, the least the workers expect is timely pay for their labour. What is emerging, however, is a worrying pattern of payment certificates being honored by the State while the actual workers on the ground remain unpaid, voiceless, and in financial distress.
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