EACC exposes other big fishes in graft ahead of Uhuru’s State of Nation address

Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has exposed another big graft case against County bosses.

The new revelations on graft in counties comes as President Uhuru Kenyatta is today due to give a state of the nation address from Parliament, for which the public expects drastic action.

The four are among more than 15 being investigated for corruption-related charges by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC).EACC, according to insiders, will forward the four files to Mr Haji any time from now, with a governor from the South Rift likely to be the first to be arrested.

The governor under probe is known to be sponsoring major political activities for one of his party leaders.

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He is also said to have acquired hotels in Naivasha.A top official at EACC said the man is suspected to have stashed some of the cash in South African banks, a country he regularly visits.

Yesterday, EACC Chief Executive Officer Twalib Mbarak confirmed that the commission would strike on the four governors soon.

“EACC has enhanced its investigations and asset tracing strategies while working with the DPP,” said Mr Mbarak.

“It is our expectation that public entities, especially county governments, will be accountable and will adhere to laid down regulations.”

The EACC boss told The Standard that already his officers had begun the legal process of confiscating property acquired through looted money.

According to EACC, some of the four governors’ properties and accounts were registered in their family members’ names.

EACC is looking at instances where the county chiefs have acquired great wealth that is unexplained.

For example, a governor from the North Rift is said to have acquired a three-star hotel in Nairobi, estimated to cost about Sh600 million.

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The governor has also invested heavily in tourist hotels in his county, and is known to be chartering planes to fly him around.

Another governor from Mt Kenya region is said to have acquired a property worth millions of shillings in Nairobi, which is registered in his spouse’s name.

Investigators who have been trailing the county boss discovered that he had been depositing huge amounts of cash in his bank accounts, ranging from Sh2 million to Sh5 million regularly.

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In one instance, the outspoken governor deposited about Sh10 million in a bank just a few minutes after a contractor with a tender from his county withdrew money from the same bank.

A fourth governor from western Kenya, described by detectives as one of the wealthiest county bosses, is building multi-million rental houses in a posh city location.

On Tuesday, EACC charged Samburu’s Moses Lenolkulal, his deputy and several executives over Sh84 million fraud.

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