EACC probing Sh6.8m fictitious Arusha trip by Uasin Gishu MCAs
Uasin Gishu County Assembly members during a sitting to debate and vote on the Constitutional of Kenya Amendment Bill, 2020, on March 09, 2021. 17 members of the Assembly are accused of pocketing Sh6.8 million in a fake trip.
The anti-corruption agency is investigating 17 Uasin Gishu MCAs for pocketing a total of Sh6.8 million on a fake benchmarking trip to Arusha, Tanzania.
An Eldoret Court Tuesday January 25 allowed the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to open investigations that will involve obtaining certified copies of mobile phone transactions, mobile money transfer platform M-PESA statements, as well as location data of the MCAs between December 3 and 18, 2021, when they alleged to had made the trip.
