This archive report was first published on 25 August 2020.
On August 25, 2020, Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Nordin Haji ordered the arrest and prosecution of Migori Governor Okoth Obado over alleged embezzlement of Ksh 73.4 million county funds.
According to the DPP, the governor indirectly received Ksh 73.4 million from companies that traded with Migori County Government during his first term in office.
Public monies were lost through the connivance of the governor and business entities through payments allegedly made for performance of contracts, the DPP noted in a statement.
Investigations revealed that the directors of the companies were proxies of Obado, including three of his brothers and their mother, as well as his sister-in-law and spouse.
The companies involved in the alleged embezzlement include Misoft Ltd, Tarchdog Printers, Deltrack ICT Services, and several others.
The audit trail of the money revealed that the companies wired Ksh 38.9 million to accounts of governor Obado's children, who used the money to pay school fees, upkeep, maintenance, and medical bills in various countries.
