Migori governor Okoth Obado has been released after application to have him detained for 15 days was dismissed. The governor is now out on a 500 thousand shillings Bond.
Obado was arrested in Nairobi County after the Ethics and Anti-corruption detectives raid his home a day earlier.
During the raid at is homes and offices, the EACC detectives confiscated among other things, eight firearms, bank statements and electronics.
The Migori Governor, who is also facing charges of murdering a university student, is accused by the anti-graft body of siphoning Ksh.2 billion from the county coffers through companies registered by his relatives.
“The commission received credible information that a few persons well known to be proxies of the governor, registered several companies for the purpose of fraudulent acquisition of public funds through fictitious contracts,” says EACC in documents filed in court.
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