Kenya Anti Corruption Commission director PLO Lumumba. PHOTO / FILE
By DAVE OPIYO, dopiyo@ke.nationmedia.com
Posted Thursday, July 28 2011 at 23:31
Posted Thursday, July 28 2011 at 23:31
The anti-graft watchdog saved the country Sh780 million from embezzlers.
In its latest quarterly report, the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) said its detectives stopped irregular Sh20 million tax exemption request by a sugar trader with Kitutu Chache Constituency Development Fund.
The commission also stopped irregular allocation of various public plots in Sotik Town Council worth Sh10 million, and discontinued a flouted procurement process involving Sh700 million for the construction of a hotel and training facility in Coast Province.
According to the report covering April to June, the Commission also disrupted a cartel from printing fake land documents that was enabling evasion of stamp duty and land rates in Eldoret. It would have cost the country Sh50 million.
According to the report covering April to June, the Commission also disrupted a cartel from printing fake land documents that was enabling evasion of stamp duty and land rates in Eldoret. It would have cost the country Sh50 million.
KACC director PLO Lumumba said: “The Commission also intervened and monitored the Tender for supply, installation, configuration, customisation and commissioning of Integrated ICT Infrastructure by NSSF costing Sh1.6 million and the sale of public land by the Postal Corporation of Kenya to Bharti Airtel worth Sh543 million.”
For prosecution
The director says 30 out of 36 graft cases of individuals given to Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko were recommended for prosecution such as Education ministry officials involved in Sh12.8 million fraud.
Out of the 30 files, 17 are in court while two were returned to KACC for further investigations such as that on irregular award of an exploration licence to an unqualified company.
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