Kilifi Governor Amason Kingi [Photo: Nairobi Leo]
A section of leaders in Kilifi county want the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to stop the county government from offsetting sh1.1 billion legal charges allegedly owed to some lawyers.
Led by ODM gubernatorial candidate Gideon Mung’aro, Senator Stewart Madzayo and Kaloleni MP Paul Katana, the leaders claim that EACC has already questioned the pending payments in the same case.
“We are aware that EACC has written to the Kilifi County government seeking an explanation for the pending payment of more than Sh1 billion legal charges to several lawyers purported to have offered legal services. We want EACC not to question the payments but stop them altogether until after the August Elections,” said Mung’aro.
According to Mung’aro, Kilifi Governor Amason Kingi plans to use the funds to campaign for Kilifi governorship in the August Elections.
“We know that the purported beneficiaries of these funds are already busy campaigning for governor positions and need more cash to fund their campaign. What we are asking EACC is to make sure that no payment is effected because that is theft of public funds,” he said.
On his part, Senator Stewart Madzayo noted that with his years of practice as a lawyer, there are no services at the devolved government that can demand such a payment.
“I have never come across such a huge sum of money as legal fees. For what services can gobble such kind of money? It is impossible,” he said.
Kaloleni MP Paul Katana called for an immediate stop of the release of the funds saying the move is illegal.
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