The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission has urged county secretaries to help fight corruption.
Speaking during an induction programme EACC commissioner Alfred Mshimba said counties received the CRA reports with recommendations for implementation aimed at reducing corruption loopholes.
"County Secretaries play an important role in the implementation of the anti-corruption interventions recommended after a CRA exercise," he said.
He said EACC's main objective is to strengthen systems, policies and practices of public bodies to prevent corruption and disrupt corrupt networks and avert possible loss of public funds.
He said the Commission has undertaken Corruption Risk Assessments on 27 county governments (County Executive and Assembly).
Some of the counties which have been reviewed include; Nandi, Nyamira, Makueni, Vihiga, Nyandarua, Narok and Taita Taveta, among others.
Mshimba said the fight against corruption goes far beyond the mandate of the EACC and it requires a strategic and collective approach with both the state and non-state actors.
"The Commission has a collaboration framework with the Council of Governors on Corruption Prevention and capacity building for Integrity Assurance Officers at the counties. A joint Communique with the details was issued in 2019," he said.
He said assets (cash, moveable and immovable) worth approximately Sh23.74 billion have been recovered and surrendered back for public benefit.
Mshimba said that EACC is pursuing forfeiture of corruptly acquired assets worth approximately Sh40.78 billion in various courts across the country.
He added that the averted loss of public funds approximates Sh36.5 billion through the disruption of corruption networks.
