Governor Ojaamong arrested for corruption :: Kenya

The governor of Busia, Sospeter Ojaamong, was arrested by officers of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) for allegations of corruption to his against.

The governor, along with nine other people, was arrested Wednesday morning and is expected to face charges of buying solid waste management services.

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Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Hajj on Tuesday ordered Governor Ojaamong to be prosecuted for a dubious case.

In a statement from Mr. Hajj's office dated July 2, DPP recommended the arrest of Ojaamong for unilaterally signing a memorandum of understanding with Mrs. R Enterprise in the management project solid waste taking into account the procedural framework governing public management. financing and projects resulting in the loss of 8 million shillings.

DPP wants Ojaamong to be accused of conspiring to commit an economic crime offense, abuse of power, to embark on a project without proper planning and to have failed to comply the law on the management of funds.

But the governor remained adamant about the fact that there was no money lost.

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He argued that the Sh8 million was paid to Mrs. R Enterprise after the county reached an agreement with the first to take over the solid waste management and pay the occasional cleaners.

Ojaamong, at a bail on Tuesday, told reporters that he was ready to provide investigative agencies with background information on corruption allegations.

"We have all the information we are willing to provide to the DPP," said Ojaamong.

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