EACC After Anyang’ Nyong’o Led Kisumu County Assembly

The probe into Kisumu County Assembly corruption and misuse of funds has taken a new twist after EACC launches fresh investigations and seek documents on financial expenditure since September this year.

The anti-graft agency is also investigating payments that were made to the Budget Committee during Speaker Onyango Oloo’s tenure and has summoned 13 MCAs over unethical behaviour in the assembly.

EACC is also investigating the Assembly’s expenditure on irrelevant trips made by the ward reps in the last three months. This investigation comes just a few months after the County Assembly ousted Speaker Onyango Oloo.

Ousted Oloo ordeals exacerbated in September when he was arrested alongside 30 other people, among them Bobasi MP Innocent Obiri, for alleged involvement in the graft over the construction of the Lake Basin Development Authority (LBDA) mall in Kisumu.

In a letter dated December 2, EACC western Regional Deputy Director Aura Chibole directed the clerk to provide personal files of seven officials, including former acting clerk Linet Ochieng who served during Oloo’s time as well as a sergeant-at-arms by Monday, December 9.

“The commission pursuant to its statutory mandate … is investigating allegations of abuse of office, corruption, falsification of academic certificates and irregularities in employment of staff. Kindly furnish us with the original payment vouchers for all the trips for the month of November by staff of the county assembly,” reads the EACC letter.

One officer from the public relations department, another human resource and a commissioner are also part of the investigations. The agency is also probing the payroll of all staff from September to date.

In his defense, acting Speaker Elisha Oraro yesterday confirmed receiving the letter from EACC.

“We have already received the letters from the EACC and we are cooperating with them,” he said.