Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) detectives revealed that they arrested Homa Bay's assembly clerk for a Ksh26.2 Million misappropriation of public funds.
Mr Bob Kephas Otieno was arrested after investigations showed that he had fraudulently wired the millions to his wife's account under the pretence that she had supplied goods to the county government.
EACC established that Evaline Awino was credited with the millions yet no services were rendered.
"Being husband and wife, Awino was legally barred from doing business with the county assembly of Homa Bay as it would raise conflict of interest," EACC reported.
The EACC found that the clerk had wired the funds in five instalments between September 2016 and January 2017.
Evaline received the money through an account registered for her business, Nyangume Enterprise.
Part of the money was later transferred to Otieno's account which amounts to collusion between husband and wife to defraud the county.
When she was first questioned, she denied any dealings with the county but later admitted to the claim and insisted that she had supplied goods which justified the payments.
She further confessed that her company had not been pre-qualified or taken through the tendering process before conducting business with the county.
"Awino's business does not appear in the tender or quotation register of the Homa Bay," the EACC report read in part.
The official was arrested following orders by Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Noordin Haji. Others arrested along with him are Michael Owino Ooro, Isaac Ouso Nyandege, Judith Akinyi Omongo, Caroline Sang, Morris Odiwuor Amek and Edwin Omondi Okollo.
