The Ethics and Anti-Corruption (EACC) have arrested 11 officials of the Vihiga County Government over allegations of graft.
The officers, among them the Chief Officer for Medical Services Dr Arnold Kimiyia Mamadi and Director of Procurement Godfrey Oyaro, will be charged before Kakamega Anti-Corruption Court on Thursday, June 13, 2024.
The suspects allegedly embezzled public funds amounting to Ksh17 million through fraudulent payments for non-existent works in the purported construction of a Blood Transfusion Centre in Vihiga to help patients requiring blood transfusion.
The suspects, who spent the night at Kisumu Port Police Station, are currently being escorted from Kisumu to Kakamega Law Courts to take plea.
The Commission orders the 12th suspect, QS. Eugene Wandera Wamalwa, Principal Quantity Surveyor, Vihiga County, who is on the run to immediately report to EACC Regional Office in Kisumu, this morning, without fail.
