EACC arrests two Kenya Forest Service officers in Garissa
25:09:2024: The Commission has arrested two Kenya Forest Service (KFS) officers in Garissa for hatching and executing a fraudulent scheme where they overpaid casual employees engaged by the institution and later demanded the surrender of the overpaid money from the casuals for their personal use.
Further, the officials have been depositing money in the casuals’ bank accounts disguised as legitimate payments and then later order the workers to withdraw and hand it over to them.
The suspects, Elphas Tembu Wesonga, Conservator, and Ibrahim Aden Hussein, Accountant, were arrested in an operation mounted by the Commission on Tuesday. A total of Kes73,000 being part of the day’s collection from the casual employees was recovered.
It is alleged that the money collected in the syndicate is shared among the officers and their seniors. The two were processed at EACC North Eastern Regional Offices in Garissa and later booked at Garissa Police Station pending further processing.
