EACC arrests Nyamira Assembly Clerk over office block tender fraud
EACC has arrested Nyamira County Assembly Clerk Duke Simeon Onyari over alleged procurement irregularities and the suspected loss of Sh30 million in an office block project...
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Nairobi, Kenya – The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has arrested Duke Simeon Onyari, the Clerk of the Nyamira County Assembly, over alleged corruption and a suspected loss of public funds.
- Suspected loss of Sh30 million in public funds.
- Key individual: Duke Simeon Onyari, Clerk of the Nyamira County Assembly.
- The arrest is linked to alleged procurement irregularities in awarding a tender for the County Assembly office block construction to Jetta Builders Limited.
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