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MCA, two others charged with fraudulent payment of Sh51 million
From left: Yussuf Bethe Ali, former Senior Principal Economist, Mohamud Dubow Korane, a former Director of Accounting Services and Balambala Ward MCA Abdi Ibrahim Daar at Garissa Law Courts on February 23, 2026. They denied 26 counts of acquiring money fraudulently.
Balambala MCA Abdi Ibrahim Daar and two former officials of Garissa County government have been charged with fraudulent payments amounting to Sh51.5 million.
Mr Daar, who is also the director Qorjarey Enterprise and General Supplies Ltd, was charged alongside Mohamud Dubow Korame, a former director accounting services and Yusuf Bethe Ali, who is a former senior principal economist at the Garissa County Government,
The three were charged with several counts including conspiracy to commit an offence of corruption, abuse of office, forgery and fraudulent acquisition of public money allegedly committed about four years ago.
The charge sheet stated that the alleged offences happened on diverse dates from April 5, 2022 and June 30, 2022 in Garissa County.
Mr Korane and Mr Ali denied several counts of abuse of office for facilitating the fraudulent transfer of Sh51.4 million from the county government to the company for goods and services that were never procured or supplied by Qorjarey Enterprise and General Supplies Ltd.
The prosecution said ex-county officials processed and approved the fraudulent payments in favour of the company without any procurement process.
Mr Korane was accused of approving several payments while Mr Ali allegedly abused his office by raising invoices in the integrated financial management information system (Ifmis).
Mr Daar, who was then working at the county government as the social development officer, is alleged to have forged letter of acceptance vouchers and other documents for alleged payment for delivery of furniture, emergency food items and emergency water trucking services to Balambala Sub-County.
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) said it investigated the matter following allegations that the county government irregularly and fraudulently paid the amount to Qorjarey Enterprise and General Supplies Ltd.
The company alleged that it supplied emergency relief food and water trucking services, yet there were no supplies.
The court ordered the three to deposit cash bail of Sh2 million each to secure their release of alternative bond of Sh5 million.
EACC said other than the criminal proceedings, it would institute a civil suit to recover the money.
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