Tongues were set wagging when Siaya governor Cornel Rasanga dared Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission to launch an investigation against him over corruption claims.
The extraordinary invitation left many baffled given the fact that the embattled governor has been maneuvering a series of corruption allegations running into billions of shillings hanging over his head since 2013.
Office of the Director of Public Prosecution, that of Auditor General, a section of politicians and Siaya voters have roundly accused Rasanga of brazen corruption ranging from massive raid on public coffers, nepotism to employment of ghost workers.
Critics are in chorus that Rasanga’s two terms in the office as the county CEO has been shrouded with dark activities that have slowed down development in Siaya the home of Raila Odinga.
It has been revealed that Rasanga has allegedly been hiding behind family, friends and other proxies to rob the county by irregular award of lucrative tenders for heavy kickbacks.
In an attempt to feign innocence the abrasive governor recently dared the EACC to summon him for question over rampant corruption following public outcry that is steadily forming into a revolution against the troubled governor.
Already, there is a growing revolution call against Rasanga championed by a group of young voters in Siaya, taking cue from recent coup in Sudan and neighbouring Uganda where Bobi Wine is causing trouble for Yoweri Museveni.
These come hot on the heels of shocking revelations that the governor had secretly redesigned Sh400 million ultramodern Siaya stadium aimed at cutting cost to oil the pockets of certain cartels.
The contract to put up 20,000-seater stadium was awarded to a Chinese company Jiangsu Provincial Construction Group and was to be completed in 44 months.
Locals led by one motormouth businessman George Obondo alias Livondo are up in arms demanding an explanation on events that led to the secret redesigning of the construction plan, as the current one is only a shadow of what was shared with the public prior to groundbreaking ceremony in August last year.
Locals have appealed to EACC to move with speed and investigate the allegations before public cash is lost into the project that has been turned into a money minting business ahead of 2022 campaigns.
Imperative to note, Rasanga has kicked off an early campaign to become the next area senator through a political arrangement that would see him swap positions with incumbent senator James Orengo, an idea that has been fiercely opposed by voters.
Red flag over brazen corruption shrouding Rasanga administration has been constantly raised by concerned voters and local politicians led by former Gem MP Jakoyo Midiwo and his former Rarieda counterpart Nicholas Gumbo.
Jakoyo and Gumbo made an early appeal to the EACC to conduct a lifestyle audit on the Siaya governor over misappropriation of public fund pointing out the suspicious luxurious lifestyle Rasanga assumed immediately he was elected into the coveted office.
Gumbo who is the former chairperson of the parliamentary public accounts committee and a fierce rival of Rasanga in the last gubernatorial election had made a prediction of a tough moment between the governor and ant-graft bodies.
Immediately after Rasanga was sworn in for the second term, Gumbo who felt his victory was stolen cursed the governor and warned him of a rough path ahead with the investigators following his corrupt method of leadership that had seen billions of shillings looted from the county coffer.