This archive report was first published on 23 October 2019.
On October 23, 2019, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) announced the recovery of land and assets worth Sh1.69 billion in Western and Nyanza regions.
The assets, recovered through court proceedings and out-of-court settlements, include parcels of land belonging to prominent individuals, including Kenya Railways Corporation, public utilities, the Judiciary, and county governments.
According to EACC, the Western region office recovered 11 parcels belonging to the Kenya Railways in Kisumu County, totaling Sh454 million.
One of the parcels, Kisumu Municipality Block 7/509, measuring 0.14 hectares, was irregularly allocated on February 12, 2001, to Oburu Oginga, elder brother of opposition leader Raila Odinga.
Additionally, the EACC successfully recovered two grabbed parcels of land worth Sh830 million belonging to the Judiciary in Kisumu.
Furthermore, in Kakamega, the EACC recovered six plots belonging to the county government, totaling Sh41 million.
