EACC Stories

PSC initiates review to enhance public service delivery, fight corruption
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Aug 01, 2025

The review was launched at the PSC headquarters in Nairobi and is expected to help refine operational procedures, enhance service delivery, and reinfo...

EACC recovers land illegally taken from Kenya Railways in Mombasa
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Aug 01, 2025

The land was illegally allocated to Kizingo Apartments Limited and later transferred to Kizingo Condominium Limited in 2011. Following investigations...

Ruto assents to Conflict of Interest Bill after protracted parliamentary tussle
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 30, 2025

The new law repeals the Public Officer Ethics Act and introduces a detailed structure to manage conflicts of interest in government.

Former Nairobi Finance CEC tells court State House plotted to oust Sonko over anti-graft stance
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Jul 28, 2025

Testifying in a case where Sonko and businessman Anthony Ombok are defending themselves in a Sh20 million graft case, Gathagu said she was also urged...

EACC recovers grabbed Kenya Airports Authority land valued at Sh104 million
Mary Wambui  |  Jul 24, 2025

On Wednesday, the Environment and Land Court in Mombasa ruled that Agil Mahmud was holding the land illegally.

Court declines to stop DCI, EACC from investigating Governor Wamatangi over alleged corruption
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Jul 23, 2025

It is alleged that the EACC is investigating the procurement of ERP system tenders allegedly awarded to companies associated with him by three road ag...

529 Kenya Railways plots grabbed, Sh27 million lost in yearly rent - Auditor General
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 23, 2025

Auditor General Nancy Gathungu revealed that land in Mombasa, Limuru, Nakuru, and Kisumu had either been grabbed or irregularly allocated, and most of...

Motorists demand full refund of road levies, say fuel price hike illegal
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 22, 2025

Motorists Association of Kenya (MAK) blamed the government for deliberately inflating fuel prices and misusing the road levy under what they termed as...

EACC exposes corruption, system failures in Kenyan prisons
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 19, 2025

The study, done in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and supported by the European Union under the PLEAD II Programme, e...

EACC busts Sh10.5 million bribery ring at Treasury, arrests four officials
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 18, 2025

Those arrested include two Senior Pensions Officers, Henry Odhaimbo Otira and Catherine Muthoni Murage, Chief Clerical Officer Byrson Mark, and Wilken...

Conflict of Interest Bill, 2023: Senators reject key Ruto proposals to curb corruption by public officials
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 16, 2025

The leaders are determined to retain watered-down provisions that weaken the original intent of the Bill, stopping officials from using their position...

EACC recovers Sh67 million fraudulently paid as irregular allowances to Treasury official
Mary Wambui  |  Jul 15, 2025

Court found that the official had illegally and irregularly received public funds disguised as taskforce, extraneous, entertainment, facilitation, and...

No law against church donations, EACC says as it rejects public calls for oversight
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 13, 2025

While acknowledging that such donations often raise concerns, the commission emphasised that its primary focus is on tracing and recovering assets acq...

EACC granted full access to eGP system in effort to curb corruption
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 12, 2025

EACC Chief Executive Officer Abdi Mohamud said most corruption cases under the commission’s watch arise from procurement fraud. He welcomed the digita...

Kenya marks African Anti-Corruption Day with calls for people-centred fight against graft
Mary Wambui  |  Jul 12, 2025

This year's theme highlights the critical link between corruption and human rights, emphasising how corrupt practices erode public service delivery an...

Whistleblowers to get stronger protection, rewards under new bill
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 11, 2025

The proposed law sets stiff penalties for anyone found interfering with the reporting process. Individuals who block investigations or mislead the com...

AG Dorcas Oduor seeks to cut graft trial timelines to six months
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 11, 2025

According to the AG, the combined legal proposals will ensure faster justice, greater citizen involvement, and better safeguards for those who expose...

Judges’ body joins battle to block Magistrate Atambo’s prosecution by DPP, DCI and EACC
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Jul 09, 2025

High Court Judge Chacha Mwita allowed the application by KMJA during the hearing in which the association sought to be enjoined in the case as interes...

Two senior NYS officials suspended over Sh2 billion fraud move to court
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Jul 04, 2025

Deputy Commandant General Nicholas Makhoha and Senior Superintendent David Mbogo have accused their boss of suspending them illegally from service on...

Former PS Wilfred Kimalat in trouble as EACC seeks to recover public land he allegedly stole while in office
Mary Wambui  |  Jul 03, 2025

Kimalat allegedly acquired the land originally reserved for government housing in 1994 after being issued with an allotment letter that was accompanie...

Court extends settlement talks in Okoth Obado’s Sh505 million graft case
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Jul 01, 2025

According to the ODPP, Sh256,703,688 was received from the Migori County government by entities registered after Okoth Obado became governor, by his f...

County heads on notice as EACC cracks down on end-of-year fraud
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 25, 2025

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) said it is closely monitoring county transactions and will take legal action against any public offic...

Senate orders crackdown on governors, MCAs over use of public funds for self-promotion
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 22, 2025

The petitioner, Laban Omusundi of the Grassroots Civilian Oversight Initiative, decried the widespread branding of county-funded projects and vehicles...

Moi University to sell German Shepherd dogs at Sh40,000, donkeys, bulls in fresh bid to ease cash crisis
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 19, 2025

The dogs, namely Tommy (female), Jimmy, Bella, and Bingo (all male), have been listed among the surplus items to be auctioned.

Ex-Garissa Protocol Officer charged with forgery, fraudulent acquisition of Sh6.8 million
Mary Wambui  |  Jun 16, 2025

The suspect was arrested by detectives from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) on Thursday last week following investigations by the ant...

Moi University staff cry foul over job cuts and unpaid deductions
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 13, 2025

Kenya University Staff Union, Moi University Chapter, said staff were being declared redundant without dialogue, only for their roles to be outsourced...

EACC signs MoU with National Youth Council, seeks support in fight against corruption
Mary Wambui  |  Jun 13, 2025

According to EACC chairman, Bishop David Oginde, corruption is a moral crisis, but a great opportunity exists for the commission to partner with the y...

EACC arrests five civil servants over forged academic credentials in crackdown on fake certificates
Mary Wambui  |  Jun 12, 2025

The suspects, comprising current and former employees of various public institutions, are accused of using falsified academic qualifications to secure...

Taita Taveta MCAs demand probe into graft, excess travel and unfair hiring in county
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 07, 2025

The MCAs, who were recently removed from the Budget and Public Accounts Committee, claim the situation has affected service delivery and that resident...

Treasury officials ordered to repay Sh39 million fradulently paid in unauthorised allowances
Mary Wambui  |  Jun 06, 2025

Lady Justice L.M. Njuguna consequently ordered Murage to refund Sh20,318,000. Of this amount, Sh11,078,601 is to be forfeited from his Equity Bank acc...

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