Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC), on Thursday arrested Dr. Noel Malanda, Vihiga County Chief Officer for Education for suspected extortion, kickbacks.
This is part of the ongoing corruption investigations in Vihiga County Government
According to EACC, Dr Malanda is believed to be running a graft scheme in her docket.
Malanda is accused of demanding hefty kickbacks before any contract award.
Additionally, she allegedly asks for bribes before any payments are made for completed works.
“In this particular case, the suspect demanded Kes. 200,000 from a trader who had supplied ECD Certificates as a condition for approving his payment of Kes. 1.8 Million,” EACC reported.
Further, during the arrest, the Commission recovered Kes. 400,000 in her office believed to be part of the money extorted from contractors.
The suspect was unable to account for the seized funds.
However, She was booked at Kisumu Port Police Station pending investigative sessions at EACC Kisumu Regional Offices on Friday.
“It emerged that Malanda, has been verbally instructing contractors to commence works and deliver services without signed contracts, even in cases where the contractors have been procured procedurally,” EACC further added
Also, ECCC reported that, Upon completion of the works and supply of the services, she demands bribes to issue contracts which would form part of the payment documents.
Failure to give the bribes the payments get delayed indefinitely.
