When he finally captured the seat in 2017, Mr Korane stuck a reconciliatory tone, although he maintained that Jama must be punished for corruption.
EACC chief executive Twalib Mbarak told the Saturday Nation more governors will face arrest in the coming weeks, and that their “attempt to muzzle and frustrate the media is futile”.
In the current case, Mr Korane’s administration is accused of embezzling a Sh233 million a grant by the World Bank under the Kenya Urban Support Programme.
On the day before he took over as Garissa Governor in 2017 after winning a tightly contested race between him and incumbent Nadhif Jama, Ali Bunow Korane had a few words to say about his rival.
In the weeks leading to the election, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) had succeeded to get a court order freezing Jama’s bank accounts so that it could scrutinise transactions amounting to Sh5.2 billion made during his term as Governor.
