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Bomet – The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has seized 121 official stamps belonging to various companies from Bomet’s roads engineer, Victor Kipkemoi Cheruiyot.
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Cheruiyot is implicated in the KSh 1.6 billion theft scandal involving County Executive Committee (CEC) members and chief officers who were arrested by the EACC on Thursday, October 24.
“EACC has seized 121 ‘official’ stamps for various companies from Bomet Roads engineer at the centre of the KSh 1.6 billion theft implicating CEC members and chief officers arrested by EACC on Thursday,” EACC disclosed.
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According to the commission, Cheruiyot owns several companies, including Hamron Logistics Ltd, Wincheru Construction Ltd, and Vird Building and Construction Ltd which have been awarded multi-million tenders by the county government.
He will face an investigation for conflict of interest, unexplained wealth, and fraudulent acquisition of public property.
What items were recovered by EACC?
EACC reported that the suspect fled the scene, leaving detectives to investigate his residence, where they discovered a fully equipped office used for creating allegedly fraudulent documents related to non-existent construction projects.
“He has established a full-fledged office for making fake documents for non-existent construction works that he uses to facilitate fraudulent payments in collusion with top county officials,” EACC stated in a statement.
As per the anti-graft commission, the detectives recovered numerous procurement and payment documents, including “approved” contracts for various companies, bid documents pending approval, local purchase orders, unused payment vouchers, procurement requisitions for construction projects, and payment requests, all suspected to be forgeries.
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