SUMMARY
- In a petition filed before the High Court, the anti-graft agency wants the high-end cars belonging to Dan Achola Okoth and Jerry Zachary, frozen for six months pending the conclusion of investigations.
- Further, EACC wants an order freezing a multi-million house in Nairobi’s Loresho area, which is registered under the name of Jared Peter Kwaga, a proxy of Mr Obado extended for another six months.
- EACC said it is investigating deals worth Sh2.6 billion awarded to several companies linked to Mr Kwaga by the Migori County government.
Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) is now targeting two Toyota Landcruiser V8 belonging Migori Governor Okoth Obado’s sons that the agency believes were bought using proceeds of crime.
In a petition filed before the High Court, the anti-graft agency wants the high-end cars belonging to Dan Achola Okoth and Jerry Zachary, frozen for six months pending the conclusion of investigations.
Further, EACC wants an order freezing a multi-million house in Nairobi’s Loresho area, which is registered under the name of Jared Peter Kwaga, a proxy of Mr Obado extended for another six months.
EACC said it is investigating deals worth Sh2.6 billion awarded to several companies linked to Mr Kwaga by the Migori County government.
The agency said the tenders were systematically awarded between 2013 and 2017, and a share of the billions wired to accounts associated with Mr Obado and his sons.
The agency said Mr Kwaga transferred the money paid to him to his personal account at Co-operative Bank and later deposited to accounts of Mr Obado’s children, who were studying abroad.
EACC said it sought mutual legal assistance through the Attorney General’s office in Scotland, UK and Australia and discovered that the funds sent by three firms, which traded with Migori county, sent the funds to Obado’s children, then studying abroad. Later, Dan bought the two land cruisers.
More than Sh2 billion were paid to the companies owned by close members associated with Governor Obado and Kwaga’s relatives including brothers Patroba Ochanda and Joram Opala, his mother Penena Otago and Christine Akinyi (spouse) and sister in-law Carolyne Onyango.
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