Senate team petitions DPP to compel Governor Oparanya to appear before it

Kakamega County Governor and also the Council of Governors Finance Chairman Wycliffe Oparanya addresses Press at his office in Kakamega on October 22, 2015. [PHOTO/BENJAMIN SAKWA/STANDARD]

A Senate committee has petitioned the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to compel Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya to obey summons to appear before it to respond to audit queries.

Last week, the Public Accounts and Investment committee wrote to DPP Keriako Tobiko to ensure compliance after the governor snubbed three invites and summons to account for alleged misappropriation of funds as raised in reports by Auditor General Edward Ouko.