The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) revealed how they discovered important documents relating to Ksh 505.6 million graft cases in the master bedrooms of former Migori Governor Okoth Obado and his son Dan Achola.
The Commission’s investigating officer, Robert Ronoh, provided comprehensive testimony about how they retrieved numerous documents, bank statements, an inquiry report on Migori County Government stores, and a list of 22 multi-billion-dollar assets owned by Obado, his close relatives and adviser Jared Kwaga.
Ronoh claimed that the documents were found in Obado’s master bedroom and his son Dan Achola’s master bedroom at their remote property in Uriri, Migori. claimed that the documents were found in Obado’s master bedroom and his son Dan Achola’s master bedroom at their remote property in Uriri, Migori.
Other items were discovered in his sitting room at Green Gardens Apartments in Lavington.
Following the discovery of the list in Obado’s son Achola’s master bedroom, the officer led the court through nearly 22 registered properties in the names of Obado, his close relatives, and his personal attendant.
“On January 2, 2017, we discovered a handwritten list of family property in Obado’s son’s master bedroom at their Uriri home. The list was given to us on November 13, 2018, by Abraham Okoth, an administrative police constable monitoring the property,” Ronoh explained.
In his testimony, the officer gave a comprehensive list of assets, including the Ksh 34.5 million Loresho property and three NSSF residences along State property Road that rent for Ksh 3.5 million per month.
Obado’s other properties include his Karen property in Nairobi, three-bedroom residences in Mbagathi, one flat apartment in Umoja, and a sumptuous home in Athi River, Machakos County, under his wife’s name. other properties include his Karen property in Nairobi, three-bedroom residences in Mbagathi, one flat apartment in Umoja, and a sumptuous home in Athi River, Machakos County, under his wife’s name.
In Migori, Obado, his family, and his aide Kwaga own a number of properties, including the ODM Orange House, a 20-unit flat, many acres of property, including a 20-acre piece in his son’s name, a 1.5-acre parcel and three bedroom dwellings in his wife’s name.
The court also heard that Obado had 13 acres of land under construction along Masala in Migori.
According to the list, the court heard that Obado owns a petrol tanker and a road show trailer registered under Kwaga.
Furthermore, Ronoh added that the list revealed that two of Obado’s vehicles were registered to one Ben Owadi and the remainder to Kwaga, his personal assistant.
The anti-graft officer informed Milimani magistrate Victor Wakumile that the recovered assets constitute the majority of the Ksh 505 million corruption case against Obado, his four children, Kwaga, and his enterprises.
The anti-graft officer informed Milimani magistrate Victor Wakumile that the recovered assets constitute the majority of the Ksh 505 million corruption case against Obado, his four children, Kwaga, and his firms.
The officer also revealed that during the raids on Obado’s homes, they discovered several documentation proving ownership of the Loresho mansion, which has since been sized by the government’s Assets Recovery Agency.
The court heard that EACC officers recovered an original letter of purchase for the Loresho property.
According to the letter dated August 12, 2014, Obado’s aide purchased the Loresho property for Ksh 34,525,000 from the Kenya Power Pension Fund program.
Furthermore, the court heard that EACC officers discovered in Obado’s bedroom a Migori County Government inquiry report on the fire incident that occurred on September 24, 2017, at the county stores on November 11, 2017.
Ronoh also revealed that they had seized a Cooperative Bank rapid money transfer for Ksh 3,450,000 drawn in favour of the Kenya Power Star Benefit Scheme trustees in connection with the Loresho property deal.
Furthermore, the EACC detective revealed that a search was done at Obado’s Uriri office on November 13, 2018, and they recovered four bank statements.
They are an eight-page document of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) statement for the period of December 1 to December 10, 2016, under the name Migori County Revenue Fund, with a balance of Sh610,702,882.
The second document is a sixty-three-page CBK statement of the Migori County Development Fund for the same time period, with a balance of Ksh 2,713,750.
“We also recovered a CBK statement of Migori County recurrent account of June 19, 2016, and December 19, 2016, whose opening balance shows was Sh23,948,487.60, and another Kenya Commercial bank account of Migori salary account for the period between October 1 and December 12, 2016 in Obado’s bedroom,” Rohon said.
In the sitting room of Obado’s Green Gardens apartment in Lavington, EACC officers discovered a Co-operative Bank receipt for a withdrawal of Ksh 750,000 with an available balance of Ksh 17, 199,357.
Kwaga, according to the court, was responsible for the fund withdrawals.
Rohoh also stated that they discovered a bank statement paper pertaining to the payment of his daughter, Susan Okoth’s, fees at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, in the Lavington house sitting room.
The officer has since produced vouchers and other payment schedules that reveal how 23 companies were paid billions of shillings for county-awarded concessions.
