Bungoma County is again on the spotlight for yet another bad reason.
The Bungoma county government is on the spot over the misappropriation of Ksh. 6 million meant to combat COVID-19 in the county.
Speaking to members of the press on Tuesday, the Bungoma County Assembly Health committee accused the County governor Wycliffe Wangamati of sabotaging the probe on the allegations.
This is after senior officials and the county referral hospital superitendant failed to appear before the committee to answer the claims.
The committee chair Mr. George Makari expressed his disappointment after the committee secretariat was ordered not to appear for the grilling further accusing the house leadership of conspiring to cover up the scandal.
MCAs Tony Khaoya, Joseph Maguda and Aggrey Mulongo said the county government was involved and further threatened to initiate an impeachment motion against governor Wycliffe Wangamati.
The MCAs further accused Wangamati of purchasing a total of 600, 20-liter jerrycans at a cost of 10,000 each. If this is true, then this will go down as another grand ripoff by the leadership of Bungoma County.
Currently, a 20-liter jerrican retails between 100 and 120 shillings. This means that the price of each jerrican was inflated by 8250 percent.
Lwandanyi Ward MCA Tony Barasa said that all efforts by a section of MCAs to get answers from the Governor concerning the procurement of the containers have gone unanswered.
The MCAs have also claimed that some of the officials at the county of Bungoma are using the fight against Covid-19 to inflate prices of goods, some of which are not even purchased.
Governor Wangamati and his government are said to have procured the jerricans to help residents of the county maintain hygiene by washing their hands using soap and water to prevent the spread of Coronavirus.
This is not the first time for such “funny” scandals to hit Bungoma County. Former Governor, now Senate Speaker Ken Lusaka was accused of purchasing wheelbarrows at the cost of more than 100,000 shillings each.
View Comments
Great African icon who was frustrated by western powers just to depict him as a failed statesman due to his unrelenting support to africans
Your Comment .rest in peace my best African president.i will dearly miss your words of wisdom more especially on Facebook.
Your Comment ooh mzee go rest in peace.
If Mugabe is dead everybody must die!Rest in peace
Your Commentrip bib Robert mugabe
Your Comment..y raila tumechoka na siasa ya baba na mama ruto state house kwanza mraithe jua huyo Ruto ndie amefanya Uhuru akapata prezo wacha wivu
Your Comment
let the dynasty grouped themselves,so that we can slaughter them at once.
When Murathe says "we" I wonder who it is that he is referring to. Anyway, I believe the road to state house for Dr.WSR might be bumpy but surely the Murathe's of this country can't stop Dr.WSR from getting there! I MIGHT BE WRONG BUT I AM RIGHT.
wow!very captivating news to read, thanks
Your Comment- well done for being smart in bed mheshimiwa,but also be smart in development for your constituents,so that you can excel in all aspects.