This archive report was first published on 11 July 2019.
On July 11, 2019, Nyakach MP Aduma Owuor was arrested by Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission detectives in Kisumu over alleged irregular payment of Sh68 million by City Hall.
At the time of his arrest, Mr. Owuor was acting as director of legal affairs at the defunct Nairobi City Council.
According to EACC's deputy regional boss Auro Chebole, the MP will appear in court to answer to the charges.
Mr. Chebole stated, 'I cannot talk more on the matter since the EACC chief executive officer Twalib Mbarak has already issued a statement on the same matter in Nairobi.'
He added, 'We are waiting for further directive from the head office and all I can say for now is that we are processing him and he will be taken to court tomorrow.'
The anti-graft body had previously arrested former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero and George Wainaina, who served as Mr. Kidero's chief of staff, over the payment made to Wachira Mburu, Mwangi and Company Advocates.
Others implicated in the City Hall graft include former Nairobi mayor John Ndirangu and former councillor Paul Mutunga Mutungi, as well as several other individuals and companies.
