Senior Vihiga County official who escaped police dragnet arrested
A senior Vihiga County official who evaded the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission’s (EACC’s) dragnet on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, has been arrested. Eugene Wandera Wamalwa who serves as Principal Quantity Surveyor at the Vihiga County government was on Friday, June 14, 2024, arrested by EACC officers. EACC officers presented him before the Kakamega Anti-Corruption Court […]
FBI director Christopher Wray visits EACC offices
The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Christopher Wray on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, paid a courtesy call to the Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission (EACC) CEO Twalib Mbarak. Wray, reported to be on a technical and operational working visit to Kenya, was accompanied to EACC by a high-level delegation from the FBI and […]
EACC recovers Ksh3.2B govt land in Eldoret
The Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission (EACC) has recovered Ksh3.2 billion land in Eldoret, belonging to government agencies. EACC spokesperson Eric Ngumbi confirmed the recovery saying the land belongs to the Judiciary, Administration Police, Uasin Gishu County Referral Hospital, County Fire Station, and the Uasin Gishu County Assembly. He says the land was grabbed by private […]
Maraga wants team formed to root out fake academic certificate menace
Former Chief Justice David Maraga has called on the government to form a commission of inquiry to investigate the rampant vice of fake academic certificates in the country. Speaking during a capacity-building workshop for journalists organised by the Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDOC), Maraga said that […]
Mwangi wa Iria’s wife, brother obtain orders to stop their prosecution in Ksh140M graft case
The wife of the former Governor of Murang’a County Mwangi wa Iria and her brother who are accused of theft of Ksh140 million at Murang’a County Government have been arraigned at Milimani Law Courts. Jane Waigwe Kimani and her brother Solomon Mutura Kimani who appeared before Milimani Anti-Corruption Chief Magistrate Thomas Nzyoki however did not […]
Former Murang’a Governor Mwangi wa Iria’s wife, brother arrested
Detectives from the Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission (EACC) have arrested the wife of former Murang’a Governor Mwangi Wa Iria Jane Waigwe Kimani and her brother Solomon Mutura Kimani. Both are suspects in the Ksh140 million Murang’a County graft case which is under investigation by the anti-graft watchdog. The two were arraigned before the Milimani Anti-Corruption […]
Former National Museums of Kenya DG Mzalendo Kibunja arrested over Ksh490M graft case
The Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission (EACC) has arrested former Director General of the National Museums of Kenya (NMK) Mzalendo Kibunja. Kibunja was arrested on Monday, April 15, 2024, alongside three others over the loss of over Ksh490 million at NMK through a fraudulent scheme entailing payment of salaries to ghost workers for over five years. […]