Tag: EACC

EACC Seeks KSh407.9M Recovery Over Nairobi County Payments

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) is seeking to recover KSh407.9 million allegedly lost by the Nairobi City County Government through irregular payments to 14 business entities. The Commission has filed nine recovery suits before the High Court’s Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Division, naming 12 county officials. According to the EACC, the officials approved payments […]...

Kenya Gazette Week-Ended 31st July 2026

The Survey Act (Cap. 299), Appointment, Corrigendum In the Kenya Gazette dated 22nd May 2026, adds Sophia Waithera Muhuri to be a Member of the Standing Committee on Geographical Names for a period of...

17 Jul 2026

The State of Openness Report: Can Transparency Finally Become Measurable?

On 16 July 2026, President William Ruto commissioned the development of Kenya’s inaugural State of Openness Report, marking one of the most consequential governance reforms undertaken by the Ken...

17 Jul 2026

Kenya’s Anti-Money Laundering Drive, Grey List Status & Subsequent Institutional Reform

Kenya faces international scrutiny on two fronts, as it remains on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list of Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring. The country is also on the European Com...

12 Sep 2025

Political and Regulatory Affairs Round-Up: Issue No. 35 of 2025

Kenya DPP the Weakest Link in Graft War, Senators Say Senators want to strip the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) of absolute powers, saying the office has become the weakest link in the fight ag...

22 Aug 2025

Untangling Kenya’s Corruption Crisis

Corruption is like a virus affecting both the private and public sectors, hindering development in Kenya. It remains high despite efforts to combat it. In Transparency International’s 2024 Corru...

18 Aug 2025

Kenya Gazette, Week-ended 18th July, 2025

The Companies Act, Appointment to Jomo Kenyatta Foundation John Antira Ketora appointed as Non-Executive Chairperson of the Board of the Jomo Kenyatta Foundation for three (3) years, effective 15th Au...

28 Mar 2024

EACC report reveals police, immigration and registration of persons as corruption hotspots.

Greed and desire for quick services have been identified as the major cause of corruption in public service. The National Ethics and Corruption Survey (NECS) Report, 2023, which was carried out in D...

28 Oct 2022

Focus on Human Resource Management in the Counties: How some governors are getting it wrong

Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza has recently been in the spotlight, and not for the right reasons. A storm started brewing following some of her county staff appointments. Beyond the hostility she has b...

22 Jul 2022

Supreme Court’s Ruling on Sonko breathes new life to Chapter Six of the Constitution

The Supreme Court dealt a final blow to Mike Sonko’s stab at the Mombasa gubernatorial race when it dismissed his appeal concerning his impeachment from the office of the Governor of Nairobi City Co...

3 Jun 2022

Integrity of Aspirants: Eyes on electoral commission after receiving report by EACC

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) on May 31, 2022, shared a report with the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) detailing the various moral, ethical, and integr...

13 May 2022

Sonko Mombasa bid a test for much more than Joho

Impeached Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has been the cause of a small-scale storm in Raila Odinga’s Azimio coalition. It initially seemed that Sonko had retired to Mombasa as an entrepreneur. He r...