The EACC is investigating five county governments for alleged misappropriation of millions of shillings meant to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. The anti-graft body is also probing at least 12 devolved units that breached procurement laws and legal provisions that created room for tenderpreneurs to thrive. The probe comes barely two weeks after Auditor General Nancy Gathungu released a report indicting several counties for ignoring procedures and laws in procurement for Covid-19 items. EACC believes millions of shillings were stolen, misappropriated or used to issue out unwarranted tenders to proxies of powerful individuals at the county level. To add insult to injury, Mbarak says in the letter, some counties mutilated procurement laws and regulations, dished out tenders like “confectionaries” in their overdrive procurement for Covid-19 items.

Source: The Star February 21, 2021 15:22 UTC