EACC raids Kericho offices in Kerenga Airstrip tender probe
Kericho Governor Paul Chepkwony (right) with former Kenya Civil Aviation Authority chairman Samuel Poghisio at the Kerenga Airstrip runway in January 2017. The EACC has questioned Mr Chepkwony over the tendering for the project. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
The raid follows a letter by Belgut MP Nelson Koech which he wrote to the commission asking it to investigate the tender award.
The team said they will seek orders to freeze accounts of certain top officials believed to have had a hand in the tender.
The plans to expand Kerenga had earlier been marred by controversy after some MCAs opposed it on grounds that it was not a priority.
Detectives from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) have raided Kericho County government offices and taken away files as part of formal investigations into the controversial Sh100 million tender for the expansion of Kerenga Airstrip.
The EACC team made an impromptu visit to the county’s procurement offices Tuesday morning in search of crucial documents which will help them investigate the claims that the tendering process for the upgrade of the airstrip was done illegally.
