The head of the EACC accuses lawyers and engineers of allowing corruption

Lawyers, engineers and accountants helped facilitate corruption cases in the country, said Thursday the director general of the anti-corruption commission

Dozens of officials and men of 39 cases face charges of theft. nearly 100 million dollars from a state agency, the latest in a series of scandals that have been revealed by a crackdown on corruption that has lasted for two months.

"In any bribery or white-collar affair, there is a" Halakhe Waqo of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) said in a speech before a rally of professional badociations : "If we investigate a road project problem, there is an engineer – a civil engineer – a lawyer who will handle money transactions like this, there is an accountant in the office where these issues are treated and there are many more participants. "

He challenged the professional badociations of self-regulating bodies to prevent their members from allowing corrupt transactions and to" practice and ensure that their members fully respect the rules. " call of the profession. "

Irene Wanyoike, Chair of the Coordinating Body of the Liberal Professions Associations, said that they supported the government's campaign to eradicate corruption, including lifestyle audits for officials, beginning with those in the supply field

"This process should not be politicized. Kenya ns who are occupying this country", at- she says at the meeting

With corruption draining funds for legitimate projects from the coffers of the state, the Kenya government does not pay much of its

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President Uhuru Kenya Tta's committed to eradicating corruption when he was first elected in 2013, but critics say he was slow to prosecute senior officials and ministers [19659011]. During the 2017-2018 fiscal year (July-June), the EACC processed 47 cases in criminal courts that resulted in 38 convictions. During the same period, EACC forwarded 143 files to the Attorney General's Office.

There were 418 cases pending in court, said Waqo.

Wednesday, the governor of Busia, Sospeter Ojaamong, and three others accused of conspiracy to defraud the county government. They pleaded not guilty.

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