42 MCAs Summoned for Allegedly Pocketing Sh8.4 Million for a Fictional Foreign Trip

Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has summoned 42 members of Siaya County Assembly (MCAs) for allegedly pocketing Sh200,000 each in an illegal payment.

The Ward Representatives are accused of pocketing the amount from Siaya County Assembly coffers for a foreign trip to Uganda that never happened.

EACC invited the MCAs to record statements after it made investigations into the payment following a complaint forwarded by a lobby group known as Siaya County Accountability Network (SCAN).

In a letter to EACC, SCAN claimed that the MCAs took their passports for stamping at the Busia border in order to get the pay but never went to Uganda for the trip.

EACC has also asked Siaya County Assembly to supply it with documents regarding the advance payment for the alleged non-existent trip and other documents related to various corruption claims.

EACC Western region director Ignatius Wekesa said each of the 42 MCAs will be questioned beginning August 12th.