A Kisumu court on Wednesday ordered for the arrest and prosecution of the CEO of the Lake Victoria South Water Services Board, Moses Agumba over corruption and abuse of office.
Agumba is accused of embezzling about Sh 50 million through inflation of the payroll and illegally drawing funds from the organisation's accounts.
Kisumu principal magistrate, Thomas Obutu directed the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to arrest Agumba and prosecute him within a month.
This was after Edgar Ochieng’ filed a case asking the court to order Agumba to appear before it arguing that past attempts to have the anti-graft agency act on its own had failed.
“Based on the conduct of EACC, the applicant has justified fear that Agumba may not be brought to book to answer to the charges unless this court orders them so,” says Ochieng’ in court papers.
The amount in question was allegedly lost from a Sh15.5 million inflation of the payroll, Sh 14 million grant from the African Development Bank that the board claimed did not receive as a grant as well as Sh20 million drawn from the bank’s special account that was never returned.
The accused is also on the spot over failure to update organisation's bank statements and project book accounts since September 2013.
A payroll audit prepared between 2011 and March 2014 shows a loss of Sh15.5 million was pocketed during the review allegedly paid to non-existent workers.
The audit, that Ochieng’ has filed in court as part of his evidence, also shows inflated payments for employees.
“The report presented by the CEO showed discrepancies showing that the chief executive and the chief finance officer were aware of the variations,” the internal payroll audit says.
The case will be mentioned on August 26.A Kisumu court on Wednesday ordered for the arrest and prosecution of the CEO of the Lake Victoria South Water Services Board, Moses Agumba over corruption and abuse of office.
Agumba is accused of embezzling about Sh 50 million through inflation of the payroll and illegally drawing funds from the organisation's accounts.
Kisumu principal magistrate, Thomas Obutu directed the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to arrest Agumba and prosecute him within a month.
This was after Edgar Ochieng’ filed a case asking the court to order Agumba to appear before it arguing that past attempts to have the anti-graft agency act on its own had failed.
“Based on the conduct of EACC, the applicant has justified fear that Agumba may not be brought to book to answer to the charges unless this court orders them so,” says Ochieng’ in court papers.
The amount in question was allegedly lost from a Sh15.5 million inflation of the payroll, Sh 14 million grant from the African Development Bank that the board claimed did not receive as a grant as well as Sh20 million drawn from the bank’s special account that was never returned.
The accused is also on the spot over failure to update organisation's bank statements and project book accounts since September 2013.
A payroll audit prepared between 2011 and March 2014 shows a loss of Sh15.5 million was pocketed during the review allegedly paid to non-existent workers.
The audit, that Ochieng’ has filed in court as part of his evidence, also shows inflated payments for employees.
“The report presented by the CEO showed discrepancies showing that the chief executive and the chief finance officer were aware of the variations,” the internal payroll audit says.
The case will be mentioned on August 26.