The Mohamud Dubow Korane, Member of County Assembly (MCA) for Garissa, and two former county officials have been arrested by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) over fraudulent payments totaling Ksh51,495,516.
The arrests took place on Sunday, February 22, and the trio is scheduled to be arraigned at Garissa Law Courts for plea taking. Alongside Korane, the other suspects are the former Director of Accounting Services in Garissa County, also named Mohamud Dubow Korane, and Yussuf Bethe Ali, former Senior Principal Economist.
Investigations revealed that the fraudulent payments were made to Qorjarey Enterprise and General Supplies Limited for goods and services that were never delivered, including emergency relief food items and water trucking services, during the financial years 2021/2022 and 2022/2023. The company was not pre-qualified as a supplier, and forged documents were used to authorize the payments.
Korane and Ali were found to have processed and approved the payments without following proper procurement procedures.
Following the investigation, the EACC forwarded the case to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), who approved charges against the three suspects. They will face allegations of conspiracy to commit corruption, abuse of office, forgery, and fraudulent acquisition of public property. The EACC also intends to institute a civil suit to recover the unlawful payments.
This case follows a similar directive from DPP Renson Ingonga, who ordered the prosecution of five former Homa Bay County officials and a private company over procurement irregularities amounting to Ksh348,927,840, including a tender for the construction of the Homa Bay County Assembly office block.
