EACC report exposes massive corruption across counties, state agencies
Despite forwarding 44 files to the Director of Public Prosecutions between January and March this year, only four have been approved for prosecution, while the majority remain stalled, exposing serious delays in delivering justice.
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission has exposed massive corruption across government institutions and county administrations, highlighting fake academic certificates, fraudulent tenders, bribery, and abuse of office.
Despite forwarding 44 files to the Director of Public Prosecutions between January and March this year, only four have been approved for prosecution, while the majority remain stalled, exposing serious delays in delivering justice.
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The report paints a grim picture of procurement irregularities and corrupt practices in both national and county governments.
Among the pending cases is a high-profile file involving a former Sports ministry official and a foreign firm accused of awarding a Sh9.5 billion stadium tender through direct procurement without notifying the procurement regulator.
Counties are also heavily implicated. In Baringo, officials allegedly manipulated tender evaluations to award a Sh34.9 million contract for a monitoring system to an undeserving bidder.
Similarly, in Nyandarua, a Sh13.5 million branding tender was reportedly fraudulently awarded to a company linked to a family member of a senior county official.
At the national level, the Kenya Wildlife Service is under investigation for irregularities in a revenue collection system tender.
The education and health sectors have not been spared, with multiple cases of forged academic papers used to secure public sector jobs.
At Kenya Medical Training College, one employee is alleged to have used a fake nursing diploma to unlawfully earn Sh3.7 million, while another submitted a forged food production certificate to seek promotion.
Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company is also a hotspot for fraud, with over a dozen employees accused of using forged Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education papers to secure jobs.
One employee allegedly earned Sh15 million over a decade under false pretenses.
The EACC has recommended charges including abuse of office, fraudulent practices, and forgery in numerous cases.
However, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Renson Igonga, has yet to act on most files. Eight were returned for further investigation, two were recommended for closure, and 28 remain pending, continuing a troubling pattern of slow justice in high-profile corruption cases.
Bribery is another recurring theme. The report reveals a police officer at Capitol Hill Station allegedly demanded Sh4,000 to release an impounded motorcycle, while a court clerk at Makadara Law Courts is accused of taking Sh50,000 to expedite legal proceedings.
A significant issue highlighted by the report is the misuse of direct procurement methods to bypass competitive bidding processes.
For example, the Ministry of Sports irregularly contracted a foreign firm for the stadium project without proper procurement regulator notification.
Another notable case involves procurement irregularities in a Sh716 million tender for the maintenance of Nairobi’s Southern Bypass.
The commission warns that unless decisive and timely action is taken, the integrity of Kenya’s anti-corruption framework will continue to suffer, and public trust will further erode.
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