The Director of Public Prosecutions, Renson Ingonga, has ordered the prosecution of Bomet Governor Hillary Kipng’eno Barchok and has also directed that files on Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi and Marsabit Governor Mohammed Mahamud Ali be submitted to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) for further probe for corruption allegations.
Additionally, the DPP has ordered the prosecution of former Bungoma Governor Wycliff Wangamati on corruption charges.
In a statement on Thursday, August 28, the ODPP stated that Barchok will be charged with a conflict of interest after he received Ksh2,750,000 from companies that traded with the county between the financial years 2019/2020 and 2024/2025.
The ODPP further stated that the governor should be arraigned in court alongside the Director of Chemasus Construction Limited, Evans Kipkoech Korir.
"On 18th July 2025, the ODPP received an inquiry file from the EACC accompanied by a report under section 35 of the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act, Cap 65 Laws of Kenya," Ingonga stated.
According to the DPP, the governor and Korir should be charged with conflict of interest, money laundering, acquisition of proceeds of crime, and unlawful acquisition of public property.
On the other hand, the DPP has charged former Bungoma Governor Wangamati alongside other county officials for embezzling Ksh70,205,882 through private companies.
The DPP has said that the former governor and the county officials should be charged with conflict of interest, acquisition of Proceeds of Crime, and willful failure to comply with the law relating to procurement.
For Governor Wamatangi and Mahamud Ali, the DPP claimed that there were evidentiary gaps in their corruption allegation cases that needed to be covered by further investigations.
Governor Ali, alongside the county officials, was accused of unlawfully awarding tenders to six private entities, which amounted to Ksh309,636,772 during the financial years 2017/2016 to 2023/2024.
The EACC had recommended that the governor's county officials be charged with conflict of interest, abuse of office, unlawful acquisition of public property, and money laundering.
On the other hand, Governor Wamatangi, alongside other county officials, was accused of unlawfully awarding "Ksh23,000,000,000" during the financial year 2022/2023, for the supply, delivery, installation, testing, training, commissioning, and support services of the enterprise resource planning system.
The EACC had recommended that the county officials be charged with wilful failure to comply with the law relating to procurement, abuse of office, fraudulent practice in a procurement proceeding, and fraudulent acquisition of public property and acquisition of proceeds of crime.
Wamatangi was also accused of unlawfully awarding tenders to companies associated with him and his family during the financial years 2018/2019 and 2021/2022, during his tenure as the chairperson of the Senate Standing Committee on Roads and Transportation.
The EACC had recommended that Wamatangi be arraigned in court alongside his wife, sister, and other individuals, and be charged with conflict of interest, unlawful acquisition of public property, and acquisition of proceeds of crime.
