This archive report was first published on 8 September 2019.
On September 8, 2019, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) made significant arrests in connection to the Sh2.5 billion Lake Basin Development Authority (LBDA) Kisumu Mall scandal.
Among those arrested were former LBDA Managing Director Peter Aguko Abok, former board members Michael Obora, Dennis Sebastian Mulaa, and John Nyera Mango, who is paralysed and requires special attention.
Additionally, Internal Auditor Albert Ojango Omondi, Production Technologist (Evaluation Committee) Nelson Ouma Onyango, and former Supplies Officer (Evaluation and Tender Committee) Teresa Achieng Ochaka were also arrested.
Former LBDA chairman and Kisumu County Assembly Speaker Onyango Oloo was arrested in Mombasa on Saturday, September 7, 2019, after presenting himself to Central Police Station.
The former LBDA chiefs have been accused of pocketing cash and receiving other benefits from a construction company in a scandal that saw the cost of building the LBDA Mall in Kisumu inflated by Sh2.5 billion.
Following the completion of investigations into the scandal, Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji ordered the immediate arrest of LBDA managers, contractors, and consultants in the project.
