Two Homa Bay county officials and a former county assembly clerk were arrested by EACC detectives on Monday on charges of defrauding the county of up to Sh85 million.
They were arrested alongside three other directors of companies that received the suspect irregular payments from the regional assembly.
EACC said they would be arraigned on Tuesday.
They will be charged with conspiracy to commit an economic crime contrary to section 47A (3) Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act, abuse of office, and unlawful acquisition of public property.
Other charges they will face include; Dealing with suspect property, stealing and money laundering.
RECEIVED PAYMENTS
EACC CEO Twalib Mbarak said investigations by the agency established that the employees are also directors or are directly linked to the companies suspected to have received payments from the county.
The said individuals are accused of receiving county cash through companies trading as Nyangume Enterprises and Damila Enterprises for no supplies made to the county.
“Whereas the individuals irregularly received multiple monthly salary payments, the companies received large value remittances with insignificant supporting documents,” Twalib said.
Edited by D Tarus
