Migori Governor Okoth Obado faces a new case over misuse of Ksh2 billion allocated to non-existent companies ran by six family members over services not provided.
Reports by EACC revealed that the use of the money was orchestrated by Jared Oluoch Kwaga, who is the director of all the companies that received the money.
EACC claimed that the county government paid Ksh 800 million to seven companies that do not exist.
The companies are Macropharm Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Soul Media Services Ltd, Misoft Ltd, Dankey Press Ltd, Atinus Services Ltd, Deltrack ICT Services Ltd, Tarchdog Printers Ltd, Mactebac Contractors Ltd, Seletrack Consultants Ltd, Joyush Business Ltd, Kajulu Business Ltd, Pesulus Suppliers Ltd, Victorious Investments and Duotech Technology.
The six family members, related to Kwaga and run the companies are his wife, Christine Akinyi Ochola, his brothers, Joram Opala Otieno and Patroba Ochanda Otieno, his mother, Penina Auma Otago, and sister-in-law, Carolyne Anyango Ochola, and another relative identified as Robert Odoyo Okeyo as reported by Standard.
The anti-corruption body further showed that Obado received Ksh 39 million which was wired to his children's bank account in Scotland and Australia.
A case has been filed by the body against the family members in the High Court with the aim of recovering the money.
"We have established that they worked in collusion with county government officials holding positions of influence to embezzle public funds through fictitious procurement contracts and accumulated wealth illicitly at the expense of the public," stated EACC.
According to the body charged with fighting corruption, Kajulu Business Ltd was claimed to have received Ksh 55 million for the supply of ICT equipment and stationery, offering consultancy services for delivery of home lighting and branding of water tanks supplied by the county government.
Joyush Business Ltd supplied several pharmaceutical products to the county government at a cost of Ksh 54 million.
Deltrack ICT Services Ltd received Ksh 163 million for supplying flatbed scanners and configuring ICT equipment.
Dankey Press Ltd, Tarchdog Printers Ltd, Pesulus Suppliers Ltd, Victorious Investments and Duotech Technology were paid a total Ksh 598 million.
"The companies were incorporated between 2014 and 2016 after the establishment of county governments in 2013, with the sole purpose of fraudulently securing tenders from the county government of Migori,” remarked the EACC.
