EACC Detectives Raid Former Governor's Home

Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) detectives on Thursday raided two homes of former Tharaka Nithi Governor Samuel Ragwa and made away with some documents.

The officers raided Ragwa's two homes in Kinoru and Giampampo as part of a graft probe.

In November 2017, Ragwa was on the spot on after a County property worth Sh2.5 Million was discovered at his compound.

Police raided the Summerton Hotel which is owned by the former Governor and recovered a generator and printer.

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Ragwa, however, claimed the whole saga was politically motivated and orchestrated by county government officers who thought he was still in politics.

"The current Governor (Muthomi Njuki) and his soldiers think I'm still in politics. As a result, they will do as much as possible to ensure they paint me in the most negative way possible," he stated.

He further revealed that the generator was donated to the county government by Ahadi Kenya in 2014 but the organisation later borrowed it for use when they held a seminar at his Summerton Hotel.

"Ahadi Kenya had closed its office and we had agreed they would donate some of the equipment they were using to us as the county government.

"We made an agreement and we acquired two generators and a printer worth Sh80,000. The generators were not even operational when we were getting them from the Ahadi Kenya and we had to repair one of them, which cost us about Sh186,000," he added.

Mr Ragwa, who served as the first Tharaka Nithi boss from 2013 to 2017, was riddled with controversy after he was unable to account for Sh1.3 Billion following an investigation by the Senate Public Accounts Committee.

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