A group of human rights activists from Garissa County has called for investigations into alleged corruption in the executive.
Garissa Community Development Watchdog Group presented a petition to the county assembly seeking to have the executive investigated.
Led by their chairman, Hassan Aden Gumo, the group claimed that there is rampant corruption in the executive and also gross misappropriation of funds by the county government.
Speaking to the press outside the assembly on Tuesday, Gumo said there is no public participation in key decisions that need residents' input to enable the county government to cater to their interests.
The group presented the petition to the Assembly Clerk, Mohamed Santur claiming that Governor Ali Korane has failed to address their issues.
“We are humbly calling on the assembly to promote, facilitate and prioritize public participation of all key decisions undertaken by the county and also investigate and probe gross misappropriation of funds and rampant corruption at the county government of Garissa.”
“There is rampant corruption and lack of transparency and accountability in the county. There is deliberate disregard by the administration to address and curb the menace. It’s for this reason that we have decided to petition the house to look into these issues and have them addressed because they play the oversight role on behalf of the citizens,” Gumo said.
Gumo dismissed allegations that they are being used by some individuals to malign the county saying their aim is to have public participation in key county decisions.