This archive report was first published on 6 August 2019.
On August 6, 2019, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) announced that it had summoned 42 members of Siaya County Assembly to record statements regarding an alleged Ksh.200,000 scam.
The MCAs are accused of receiving advance payment for a trip to Uganda that never took place. According to the EACC, the MCAs only took their passports for stamping at the Busia border in order to receive the payment, but they never actually crossed over to Uganda.
Siaya County Accountability Network (SCAN), a lobby group, had previously written to the EACC to investigate the claims. The EACC has now asked Siaya County Assembly to furnish it with documents regarding the trip as well as other documents related to various corruption claims.
According to EACC Western region boss Ignatius Wekesa, the 42 MCAs are required to start appearing at their offices beginning Monday, August 12, 2019. The exercise is expected to run for two weeks, with the anti-graft body scheduled to grill at least 4 MCAs at their Kisumu offices per day.
