Ways through which county and constituency heads use to benefit from taxpayers money through the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) and county projects have been exposed.
According to documents from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), MPs and governors, together with MCAs, have mastered the three ways in which they turn government projects into cash cows.
One of the ways, according to The Star's report, is that the leaders receive a 10 per cent kickback on almost all CDF and county government projects in the areas of transport, education and health.
It was also revealed that the leaders often work together with county employees and those of CDF to ensure that at least 27.9 per cent of the projects are awarded to their friends and relatives.
In the third instance, the leaders often ensure that the tenders are re-awarded to the same suppliers over and over again and that those who present biggest profit margins often land the tenders.
"The integrity issues revolve around bribes to public officials and the companies owned by public officials directly or through a proxy, supplying substandard goods and giving public tenders to one supplier over and over again," The Star quoted an EACC document.
It was also revealed that the most affected counties in the scheme included Nairobi, Kakamega, Kisii, Isiolo and Kisumu.
This comes roughly a day after the Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji announced that the state had recovered graft money amounting to Ksh16 Billion since April 2018.
He also promised that more money would be recovered once cases currently in courts of law are cleared.
“Ksh16.81 billion has been brought in from the corruption cases. For instance, the National Hospital Insurance Fund, we have only dealt with one component on capitation," stated Haji.
