By Reporter
The Ethics and Anti-corruption commission on Monday arrested five family members including the Kwale county head of Treasury Vincent Mbito over graft cases amounting to Sh44.9 million.
Mbito was arrested alongside his brothers Mongo Mbito Mongo-county revenue officer, Hassan Shilingi Mbito-Kwale water and sewerage limited company driver, Mwaiwe Mongo Mbito- County procurement officer and Chindoro Mongo Mbito- ministry of health department of public health and professional standards.
They are suspected to have participated in perpetuating the Sh44.9 million graft with some of the suspects being directors and owners of the family company involved.
Information from the EACC indicates that the officials were held at Mombasa central police station after being smoked out of their hideouts in Kwale.
The Ethics and anti-graft commission has been on the mission to investigate officials involved in graft cases across the country.
The five are expected to be charged before a Mombasa court where they will be presented to take plea.
Despite putting off their phones for several days, the EACC officials have been able to track and arrest them after a hide and seek game for the last one week following a warrant of arrest.
Still in Kwale,Former Kwale Former Kwale Tourism CEC and Mandera South Member of Parliament Adan Haji Ali Sheikh was arraigned before Mombasa Chief Magistrate Alex Ithuku for illegally awarding his firm a tender worth Sh51, 456,006.
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecution (ODPP) said Ali was charged with conflict of interest, contrary to Section 42(3) as read with Section 48 of the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act 2003.
According to the prosecution, the former legislator, being an employee of the Kwale County Government, awarded his Kwale based hotel, Lofta Resort, a catering service tender amounting to Sh51, 456,006 between May 10, 2013 and May 10, 2017, within Kwale County.
The former Mandera South legislator pleaded not guilty to the charge and was released on a bond of Sh2, 000,000 with one surety of a similar amount in the alternative a cash bail of Sh500, 000.
On Sunday the EACC officials arrested Taita Taveta county assembly deputy speaker for the loss of Sh17 millions in a fraudulent trip to Zanzibar for bonding.
According to EACC, the deputy speaker alongside assembly clerk Gadiel Mnyambo Maganga have been under investigations for the said bonding trip, where the said amount of money was misappropriated, after a complaint was lodged.
The Commission commenced investigations on the complaint and established that a total amount of Kshs 17 million was utilized for the alleged trip out of which, Kshs. 9,000,000.00 (Nine million) was directly paid to the organizers for the conference and travel arrangements and the balance of Kshs. 8 Million was paid as imprest advance to 30 officers who were to attend the training in Zanzibar.
