Storm brewing at EACC over top official's suspension, graft claims

Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission Chairman Mumo Matemu and CEO
Halakhe Waqo at a past event. The commission’s credibility has come under
scrutiny. INSET: Michael Mubea. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]

NAIROBI: The national anti-graft agency is reeling in the turmoil of graft claims and it appears the latest storm was stirred by the decision to prosecute some high-fliers over the Anglo Leasing tender scandal.

But even before the commission overcame the shock of its senior commissioners writing to the President making damning allegations against their chairman Mumo Matemu, Tuesday a fallout between Matemu and the anti-corruption agency's chief executive burst into the public domain.