EACC Nabs 7 Nakuru County Officials, Contractor in Sh120M Tender Scandal
The EACC has vowed to continue pursuing graft cases in devolved units, warning that public officers will be held personally liable for loss of public funds.
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Detectives from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) have arrested seven serving and former officers of the Nakuru County Government alongside a private contractor over a suspected Sh120 million procurement fraud.
In a statement, EACC said the arrests were made after a thorough investigation into alleged irregularities in the procurement, award and payment of a county contract that is believed to have caused the loss of public funds worth Sh120 million.
According to the Commission, the suspects conspired to violate the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act and Public Finance Management regulations by irregularly awarding the tender, manipulating procurement documents and authorizing payments for services that were either inflated, not delivered, or poorly executed.
The eight, who include senior officials from the county’s Finance, Procurement and Roads/Works dockets, were rounded up in an early morning operation in Nakuru town and taken to the EACC South Rift offices for interrogation before being booked at a local police station.
EACC confirmed that the suspects will be arraigned at the Nakuru Law Courts on Friday, July 31, 2026, to face multiple counts including conspiracy to commit corruption, abuse of office, willful failure to comply with procurement laws, and unlawful acquisition of public property.
“The Commission has established that there was a well-orchestrated scheme to defraud the County Government of Nakuru through procurement irregularities leading to loss of Sh120 million. The suspects will be charged accordingly,” the agency said.
The arrest is the latest in a series of anti-corruption operations targeting county governments, which have been on the spot over inflated tenders, ghost projects and use of proxy companies owned by county officials and their relatives.
The EACC has vowed to continue pursuing graft cases in devolved units, warning that public officers will be held personally liable for loss of public funds.
If convicted, the suspects face jail terms, hefty fines and a ban from holding public office.
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