Three grilled as EACC revives probe into Sh100 m scheme fund

Leaders of the defunct West Kano Irrigation Scheme Revolving Fund Samwel Otieno (left) George Okaka and treasurer Lawrence Odhiambo (right) leave the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission offices in Kisumu on January 28, 2019. [Denish Ochieng/Standard]

Three former officials of the defunct West Kano Farmers Revolving Fund has been question as the anti-corruption agency revived investigations into alleged loss of Sh100 million at the irrigation scheme.

Samwel Otieno (secretary), George Okaka (chairman) and Lawrence Odhiambo (treasurer) spent the better part of Monday afternoon at the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission regional offices in Kisumu, where they were questioned over the loss.