Embattled Migori Governor Okoth Obado has been arrested upon presenting himself to the Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC) offices in Kisii.
Governor Obado presented himself to the EACC alongside his four children with who he is accused of stealing Sh73.4 million form the taxpayers.
EACC officials say Obado and his co-accused presented themselves in their offices on Wednesday morning just a day after the Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji approved charges against him.
Obado is accused together with his four children – Achola Dan Okoth, Susan Scarlet Okoth, Jerry Zachary Okoth, and Adhiambo Everlyn Okoth following an investigation by the EACC.
Others also accused of allegedly stealing Migori County Government Money are county officials and more than 15 businessmen and women who won tenders at the county through corruption deal and later wired money to the governor and his children’s account.
“The investigations were in respect of Sh73.4 million being sums indirectly received by the Governor through his children who received multiple payments from companies trading with Migori County Government between 2013/2014 Financial Year and 2016/2017,” the DPP said in his statement.
Part of the money was used to buy a prime property in the upmarket Loresho Ridge in Nairobi that was registered under Obado’s daughter Evelyn.
“The audit trail further disclosed that Sh34, 525,000 was used to purchase a house in Loresho Ridge whose beneficial owner is Everlyne Adhiambo Zachary, the Governor’s daughter,” reads the DPP statement.
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“An audit trail of the money led to persons closely related to Zachary Okoth Obado who were his proxies,” the DPP said.
The governor’s three children received Sh38 million, which is said to have been spent on paying their school fees in Australia and United Kingdom and purchased two Toyota Landcruiser V8’s.
Other entities who have been involved in the scandal according to the DPP are; Atinus Services, Dankey Press, Misoft Company Limited, and Tarchdog Printers.
Obado and his co-accussed is expected to be arraigned in court after being grilled by the EACC today.
