Obado’s close associate and key suspect in the alleged Migori Sh2B looting appointed to KIMC board

ICT Cs Joe Mucheru at the launch of the Radio spectrum by the CAK in Nairobi on March3.Photo/Enos Teche.

The criteria used by the government to award state appointments sometimes irks Kenyans, but do they have a voice to speak? Do you remember the case of DCJ Philomena Mwilu who was vetted in as DCJ only for a case on a crime committed in 2014 to be revived later? Don’t the people in charge see these graft allegations before appointing people? Well, a key suspect in the alleged looting of Sh2 billion from the Migori county coffers is among individuals awarded plum state appointments.

ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru has appointed Jared Kwaga to the board of Kenya Institute of Mass Communication.

DPP Noordin Haji and DCI chief George Kinoti are pushing to have all graft suspects barred from holding public positions.

Kwaga is a close associate of Migori Governor Okoth Obado. His assets were frozen by the High Court after the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission filed a Sh1.9 billion recovery suit against him and six relatives. They include his mother and wife.

The EACC says Kwaga and his relatives registered several companies to fraudulently acquire public funds through unmerited high-value tenders — some fictitious.

The agency in court papers says Kwaga, in a bid to conceal funds corruptly acquired through fictitious tenders, transferred Sh55,224,977 to offshore accounts in China and Hong Kong.

The Constitution bars public officers from opening or operating bank accounts outside Kenya without approval from the EACC.

The state has also made it mandatory that job seekers get clearance from the EACC and a letter of good conduct from the DCI. It sometimes requests for a secret dossier from the National Intelligence Service. It is however not clear whether Kwaga was cleared by the agencies.

 

 

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