EACC arrests Garissa County MCA, two former officials over Ksh.51.4M fraudulent payments

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has arrested a Garissa Member of County Assembly (MCA) and two former county officials over the alleged fraudulent payment of Ksh.51,495,253.

The suspects are Abdi Ibrahim Daar, the MCA for Balambala Ward, former Garissa Director of Accounting Services Mohamud Dubow Korane and Yussuf Bethe Ali, former Senior Principal Economist at the county government.

According to charge documents dated February 23, 2026, the three are accused of conspiring to commit an offence of corruption between April and June 2022 by facilitating payments to Qorjarey Enterprise and General Supplies Limited for goods and services that were allegedly never procured or delivered to the County Government of Garissa.

Investigations indicate that the payments, amounting to over Ksh.51.4 million, were processed through the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS).

Korane is alleged to have, between June 28, 2022 and June 30, 2022, approved the payment of over Ksh.10.8 million to the said company for goods that were never procured by the County Government of Garissa nor supplied by the said enterprise.

He is also accused of illegally approved another amount of over Ksh.12.9 million to the same company within the same period.

Likewise, Yusuf Ali allegedly raised an invoice of Ksh.14,528,968 to facilitate the transactions on April 6, 2022 and raised another invoice of Ksh.8,300,468 on April 14, 2022.

MCA Ibrahim is also facing multiple forgery charges for allegedly falsifying tenders and award documents to support the payments.

The three suspects were arrested on February 22, 2026, and are scheduled to be arraigned before the Garissa Law Courts today, February 23, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. for plea taking.

EACC said the arrests form part of ongoing efforts to clamp down on corruption and safeguard public resources.