Several counties in western Kenya may have misappropriated billions of shillings set aside for development projects, a good number which remain incomplete years after the expiry of the time set for construction.
Physical verification by the Office of the Auditor-General indicated that some of the projects did not commence while others stalled at the early stages despite money being allocated and paid.
A report from the Auditor-General raises several queries, noting that public money may have been misappropriated through the projects that have turned white elephants.
In Migori, the second phase of the construction of the Kenya Medical Training College totalling Sh21 million was awarded to a local company.
During the year under review, Sh3.9 million was paid to the contractor, but physical verification conducted on December 19, 2017 revealed that the contractor abandoned the site and carried away the materials claiming that he had not been paid.
Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission sleuths recently ransacked the homes and offices of Migori governor Okoth Obado as they sought to get documents that could help in their investigations into alleged misappropriation of Sh2 billion.