Governor Obado is accused of siphoning 2.5 billion shillings through various firms in a scandal involving road contracts. In its case against Governor Obado, The EACC narrowed down to 23 companies it believes Mr Obado used to win several tenders between 2013 and 2019, tracing Sh2.3 billion to the suspected conduits. It's a tactic very often used by perpetrators of corruption. Secondly, the EACC was able to convince the court that the rent from the house in question was also a profit and proceeds of corruption. Without a doubt, to reset the social psyche around corruption and how people view the benefit of acquiring illegal wealth, we need to have repeated, public demonstrations that corruption does not pay.

Source: The Star June 15, 2020 07:41 UTC