It seems being around Migori governor Okoth Obado at the moment is inviting trouble from law enforcers. The governor is going down, and he coould be sinking with everyone else around him.
As the governor was being arraigned in court on Monday morning, EACC detectives also arrested one of his bodyguards for allegedly using documents belonging to someone else to secure employment as a police officer.
Mwita Moses Mogaya alias John Chacha, who is an Administration Police officer working in Migori County, was arrested at a hotel near the Milimani Law Courts.
@EACCKenya detectives this morning arrested Mr. John Chacha Nyamohanga Alias Mwita Moses Mogaya an AP Constable working in Migori County as the body guard of Governor Okoth Obado for using academic certificates belonging to another public officer to secure employment.
— EACC (@EACCKenya) September 24, 2018
According to EACC, Mogaya used academic certificates belonging to another public officer identified as John Chacha Nyamohanga to secure employment two years ago.
“EACC received a complaint, conducted investigations and established that the subject used certificates belonging to one John Chacha Nyamohanga to get entry to the Administration Police Service in 2006,” said EACC in a statement.
He is set to be arraigned at the Milimani Law Courts to face charges of personation contrary to Section 384 of the Penal Code.
Chacha’s arrest brings to four, the number of governor Obado’s close aides who are in custody. His two personal assistant Michael Oyamo and Caspal Obiero will be charged alongside their boss for aiding and abetting the murder of Sharon Otieno. Another bodyguard Elvis Omondi is also in custody.