Wycliffe Oparanya: No one has asked me for a statement on graft case

Cooperatives, MSMEs Development CS nominee Wycliffe Oparanya appears before a vetting committee at County Hall, Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Wycliffe Oparanya, the nominee for Cooperatives and MSMEs Development Cabinet Secretary, addressed allegations of his involvement in a Sh1.3 billion corruption case during his vetting on Sunday, August 4.

Oparanya stated that neither the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) nor the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) had contacted him to provide a statement regarding these allegations from his 10-year tenure as Kakamega governor.