Wajir top officials nabbed by police in huge millions corruption scandal

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Some how the law always catches up to perpetrators to remind them the eye of justice is still staring at them.After an expose of Kenyan money being misused again, police have curbed a number of officials in a massive corruption scandal

Two Wajir County officials, Jeff Mworia Kithinji and Ahmed Sahal have been arrested on claims that they embezzled Ksh.26million.

The Head of Treasury and the County Secretary were seized this Saturday morning.

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“Investigators are still pursuing the following suspects who are at large; Daud Abdullah Omar – CEC Finance & Economic Planning and Siyad Ibrahim Ahmed – Branch Manager, KCB Wajir Branch,” the anti-graft agency said.

The two other suspects have been ordered to present themselves to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) Police Station.

They are accused of colluding with bank officials to illegally withdrew county funds.

“Investigations by EACC established that Wajir County Government officials in cahoots with KCB Bank officials irregularly withdrew and embezzled Kshs 26.1M held at the County Government Imprest Account,” a statement from EACC reads.

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Earlier in the week, the anti-graft agency raided homes of Wajir Governor Mohamed Muhamud Abdi in Nairobi and Wajir.

The raid saw the detectives seize documents and materials to aid in investigating allegations that the governor embezzled millions of public funds at the county government.

Reports indicate that among the items seized were financial documents, company ownership documents, county consultancy documents and property ownership documents.

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They also arrested the wife of the Head of Treasury for allegedly destroying crucial documents related to the probe.

Sonia Mworia reportedly destroyed the documents that were recovered at their Lower Kabete residence.

The papers were linked to a case under investigation involving the embezzlement of Ksh.350million.

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The raid came in the wake of renewed efforts to tame runaway graft at both the national and county government.Audit reports by Auditor General Edward Ouko revealed massive wastage of public funds at the devolved units with billions unaccounted for.

Several governors including Sospeter Ojaamong (Busia) Okoth Obado (Migori) and Mohamed Muhamud Abdi (Wajir) are under probe.

The fight is led by President Uhuru Kenyatta who has made it clear that none will be spared.

Do you trust that the officials at large will also be arrested?

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