This archive report was first published on 27 July 2019.
On July 27, 2019, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) arrested three Kiambu County officials over alleged graft in Kiambu County.
The officials, Joyce Ng'ina Musyoka, Simon Kabocho Kang'ethe, and Charles Chege Mbuthia, were linked to the alleged embezzlement of Sh588 million public funds in Kiambu County.
The arrests came hours after the Director of Public Prosecution Noordin Haji ordered the arrest and prosecution of Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu and 12 other county employees over alleged graft.
According to a statement by DPP Haji, the county officials will face charges of irregular award of tenders worth Sh588 million and embezzlement of public funds.
Earlier, EACC had tabled damning evidence that Governor Waititu allegedly used money from kickbacks to partly buy a hotel on Nairobi's University Way.
A trail of bank transfers revealed that the company that sold the hotel, Lake Naivasha Resort, received Sh6 million from a road contractor who was awarded the tender under alleged influence of the governor.
