EACC probes 17 graft claims
Counties
By
WILBERFORCE NETYA
| Jun 16, 2014
Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) is investigating 17 alleged corruption cases reported by the public in West Pokot County.
Prof Jane Onsongo, a commissioner at EACC, disclosed that majority of the reports were related to land issues and fraudulent dealings in public offices.
She said complainants in some of the reports accuse well-connected Government officials of taking away their private plots,
Onsongo said they are also set to investigate traffic police officers in the county who have been accused of soliciting bribes from motorists.
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“Medicine is also reportedly being stolen from public hospitals and channeled to private clinics, with patients in the public health facilities being directed to purchase the same drugs from private pharmacies,” she said.
Members of school management boards have also been accused of colluding with school heads to squander funds meant for development at the institutions.
Local administrators including chiefs and their assistants are also on the firing line, with claims that they ask for bribes to provide services they are paid to offer.
“The commission has received the complains and is investigating them and I want to assure residents that we will prosecute those found guilty of the corruption offences,” said Onsongo.
She spoke at Makutano Stadium in West Pokot County as the commission wound its anti-corruption campaign dubbed “Corruption si Poa” in the county.
She pointed out that the commission had already visited 17 other counties in its campaign that targets all the 47 counties in the country.
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Onsongo further disclosed that the commission had met 9,500 students, engaged 270 stakeholders in a leadership forum and taught 23 members of the county assembly on how to fight and report corruption.
But speaking separately, Kapenguria MP Samuel Moroto criticised the commission for not bringing any graft culprits to book.
Moroto, who was speaking at Sook Boys Secondary School in his constituency, said the anti-corruption body had failed to arrest those implicated in mega scams such as Anglo Leasing.
“What is the use of having an anti-corruption body that does not even arrest anybody?” wondered Moroto,
He added: “Even the Press is better nowadays since it unearths corruption.”