This archive report was first published on 6 January 2022.
On January 6, 2022, detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) began investigating claims of impropriety at Bandari Sacco in Mombasa.
According to sources, the DCI officers were questioning top officials of the institution over alleged claims of impropriety, including the purchase of a piece of land without following due process.
A member, John Oucho, had lodged a petition at the High Court accusing the officials of stealing from the Sacco and engaging in other fraudulent activities.
The ongoing construction of a perimeter wall at the Sacco has raised questions over the source of the funding, with further allegations from human rights bodies suggesting that the Sacco did not carry out due diligence before making the purchase of the land, which cost Sh280 million.
Bandari Sacco's Chief Executive Officer, Joseph Otieno Bee, had earlier described the claims as malicious, attributing them to a few disgruntled members.
However, sources within the Sacco have alleged that the CEO and the board chairman, Ken Sungu, orchestrated a cover-up operation involving tens of millions of shillings.
It remains unclear how far the DCI investigations have gone into the matter or if they had been initiated at all.
