Sh100 billion at the centre of governors’ graft court cases
County bosses are facing charges including mismanagement of public funds, irregular award of tenders and money laundering.
More than Sh100 billion is at the centre of on-going corruption cases some of which involve current and former governors. The amounts and details were revealed through corruption cases filed by Asset Recovery Agency and Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) in a bid to recover public funds. Migori, Garissa, Tharaka Nithi and Nairobi are among counties whose governors have been dragged to court to face graft charges. Migori Governor Okoth Obado was charged for allegedly defrauding the county government of more than Sh300 million.
THE STANDARD By
Paul Ogemba |
December 27th 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Aerial view of Integrity Centre, EACC. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]
More than Sh100 billion is at the centre of on-going corruption cases some of which involve current and former governors.
The amounts and details were revealed through corruption cases filed by Asset Recovery Agency and Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) in a bid to recover public funds.
Migori, Garissa, Tharaka Nithi and Nairobi are among counties whose governors have been dragged to court to face graft charges.
Migori Governor Okoth Obado was charged for allegedly defrauding the county government of more than Sh300 million.
THE STANDARD By
Kamau Muthoni |
December 14th 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
A cargo handling firm has been cleared of claims of involvement in a controversial port tender that landed former Kenya Ports Authority managing director Daniel Manduku in trouble.
In a letter to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) has clarified that the Nairobi Inland Cargo Terminal Limited (NICTL) did not bid or participate in the tender that rocked KPA.
In addition, the authority says KPA did not provide clear information to investigators which would have helped it arrive at the current finding.
“In light of the content of our report as reiterated above and the new information received, we would like to clarify that Nairobi Inland Cargo Terminal Limited did not participate in tender no KPA/021/2019-2019 ICDN for provision of container warehouse services in Nairobi,” said PPRA Director General Thomas Otieno.