Gov't Revokes Appointment of Prime Suspect in Governor Obado's Sh2 Billion Graft Case

ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru has revoked the appointment of Jared Odoyo Kwaga as a member of the Kenya Institute of Mass Communication (KIMC) board.

This comes after his appointment caused a storm since he's one of the prime suspects being investigated by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) over alleged siphoning of more than Sh2 billion from the Migori County government coffers.

EACC claims that Kwaga is one of the proxies used by Migori Governor Okoth Obado to loot the funds from the county’s accounts.

“IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 5 (2) (h) of the Kenya Institute of Mass Communication Order, 2011, as read together with section 51 of the Interpretations and General Provisions Act, the Cabinet Secretary for Information, Communications and Technology revokes the appointment of Jared Peter Odoyo Kwaga as a member of the Council of the Kenya Institute of Mass Communication,” reads a notice from CS Mucheru.

EACC says that Kwaga owns seven companies that allegedly received millions of shillings through fictitious tenders before wiring the money to Obado in a web of transactions.

The anti-graft agency further claims that Obado’s daughter Susan is among persons who received part of the looted funds from Kwaga.

Kwaga’s wife Christine Akinyi, brothers Patroba Ochanda Otieno and Joram Opala Otieno, as well as his mother Penina Auma, are also listed as co-conspirators in the scheme.