It is either Governor Okoth Obado and his accomplices are heedlessin their quest to cover up all the dark deeds in regards to corruption, murder to anything vile they may have up their sleeves.
Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission(EACC) detectives and Auditor General Edward Ouko may now be having a tough time verifying the expenditure of Migori county after details emerged that a fire that razed down the county procurement offices in September 2017 burnt receipts of goods worth over Ksh1.5 billion.
Ouko had just tracked the expenditure of Ksh1.56 billion, through the government online payment platform for the months July through September 2017, but cannot verify this as there were no documents to back this up.
“The expenditure could not be vouched for due to lack of relevant documents and financial records which allegedly got burnt during the fire outbreak leading to limitation of scope,” the Auditor General explained.
It is as if those involved knew what was to come in near future because no one in their right mind can store up crucial documents that are financial in nature all in one place it being a store. It is either Migori residents are ignorant or they know and just careless.
Ouko also reported that it will be virtually impossible for him to make any conclusive verdict on the expenditures of Migori county up to the year ending June 2018.
This information comes at a time when EACC officials are investigating Migori Governor Okoth Obado for the loss of Ksh2 billion which is claimed to have been wired to accounts belonging to family members.
It is not pure coincidence that when receiving a total of Ksh1,971,179,180 from dubious tenders you have awarded your family and friends fires, theft of documents will be mysteriously happening. In November 2018, EACC detectives raided Obado’s home in search of crucial documents and computers that would make their case against the Governor watertight days after filing the affidavit in court.
Obado was recently accused of constructing a road to the private residence of Supreme Court Judge Justice Jackton Ojwang’ after receiving a favorable judgment on another case.