Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has summoned 42 members of Siaya County Assembly (MCAs) for allegedly pocketing Sh200,000 each in an illegal payment.
The Ward Representatives are accused of pocketing the amount from Siaya County Assembly coffers for a foreign trip to Uganda that never happened.
EACC invited the MCAs to record statements after it made investigations into the payment following a complaint forwarded by a lobby group known as Siaya County Accountability Network (SCAN).
In a letter to EACC, SCAN claimed that the MCAs took their passports for stamping at the Busia border in order to get the pay but never went to Uganda for the trip.
EACC has also asked Siaya County Assembly to supply it with documents regarding the advance payment for the alleged non-existent trip and other documents related to various corruption claims.
EACC Western region director Ignatius Wekesa said each of the 42 MCAs will be questioned beginning August 12th.
Just imagine all these 42…
Just imagine all these 42 contrived scheme to commit fraud on your tax money.Is this what they call representing the people?
Any auditing should catch such stealing. And we need more accountability to flash out and hang these thieves.
Stealing public resources…
Stealing public resources has become the norm. Nobody cares anymore. Our country has truly gone amok. Kila mtu, kila upande mwizi, then the same folks complain. People have become emboldened, hadi they aren’t afraid of receipts following a paper trail ama hawa MCAs ndio wajinga kupita kiasi. EACC is a toothless dog. Hakuna mtu hulipa pesa ya corruption, yaani karma tu ndio hufunza watu adabu? Uibe pesa ya umma, pesa za wagonjwa, pesa za watu wanategemea hiyo pesa kufa kupona, upelekee bibi na watoto na watu wa kwenu. Boss aiseee iko kitu inaitwaga karma.