A sub-county commissioner, accused of stealing and selling relief food to Tana North residents is being arraigned before Garissa's anti-corruption court. According to Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, the commissioner is accused of stealing relief food during the COVID-19 era in 2020. The relief food is valued at Sh550,200. "Investigations commenced in April 2020 when the Commission received allegations that 300 bags of relief food belonging to Tana North Sub-County within Tana-River County had been stolen." Relief food is usually provided by the government to citizens affected by disasters in the country.
