This archive report was first published on 15 August 2019.
Published on August 15, 2019, a report by the County Assembly committee on Finance, Trade and Industry exposed a multi-million shilling fraud in Siaya County.
The committee found that between October 2018 and February 2019, Sh32.5 million had been paid to PMC members, but physical verification revealed misappropriation and unauthorized payments.
According to the report, in West Yimbo, Sh1.14 million was paid to PMC members, but an investigation on June 11, 2019, uncovered several cases of falsified signatures on the payment list.
“The committee noted several instances of doctored payments, most members received an average of Sh3,000 but the payment list indicated Sh18, 000 and above,” said the report signed by committee chairman Peter Oduor.
The report also raised questions on how PMC members in North Alego Ward signed blank payment forms and that most of them confirmed to have been paid Sh5,000 and not Sh21,000 as recorded.
Additionally, in Gem sub-county, Sh223,000 was paid to non-existing PMC members.
“The committee found out that most projects in financial years 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 did not have PMC members and that the ward administrator wrongly claimed money for projects,” claimed the report.
