This archive report was first published on 6 August 2019.
On August 6th, 2019, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) launched an investigation into allegations of corruption involving Siaya County Assembly members.
According to EACC, 42 members of the Siaya County Assembly (MCAs) are accused of pocketing Sh200,000 each in an illegal payment for a foreign trip to Uganda that never took place.
The alleged scam was uncovered after a complaint was forwarded by the Siaya County Accountability Network (SCAN), a lobby group that monitors county government activities.
SCAN claimed that the MCAs took their passports for stamping at the Busia border in order to receive the payment, but never went on the trip.
EACC has invited the MCAs to record statements and has asked Siaya County Assembly to supply documents regarding the advance payment for the alleged non-existent trip and other corruption claims.
Each of the 42 MCAs will be questioned beginning August 12th, according to EACC Western region director Ignatius Wekesa.
