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EACC seeks to seize Migori Governor Okoth Obado's Sh73m assets

Migori governor Okoth Obado. (Collins Oduor, Standard)

Migori Governor Okoth Obado is in trouble again after the anti-graft agency moved to seize his assets worth Sh73 million purchased using funds they claim were embezzled from his county government.

Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), in a suit filed at the High Court, claimed Obado and his proxies took millions of shillings from the county government and used Sh73,474,376 to purchase a  home in Lavington, two vehicles and pay college fees for his children.

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