Friday, August 2, 2024 - Former Kakamega County Governor, Wycliffe Oparanya, has written to Parliament disputing claims by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) that he has a pending corruption case.
Oparanya, who has been nominated by President
William Ruto as Co-operatives and MSME Development Cabinet Secretary, wrote to the EACC on Thursday and informed them that he has no graft
case.
EACC had on Tuesday written to Parliament
informing them that Oparanya has a pending court case on various charges
including money laundering, conflict of interest, and abuse of office involving
Sh1.3 billion.
The commission said that even though the
former Kakamega governor obtained conservatory orders preventing his arrest or
prosecution, “the matter is pending in court”.
But on Thursday, Oparanya wrote to the clerk
and dismissed EACC’s version of the story, saying all corruption charges that
had been leveled against him by the commission were dropped by the ODPP.
Through Marende and Nyaundi Advocates,
Oparanya, who is in the fourth batch of CS nominees to be vetted on August 4,
termed EACC’s communication to the House as malicious.
“The letter by the EACC dated July 29, 2024
disregards and ignores a letter by the Office of the Director of Public
Prosecutions, dated July 8, 2024, in which he informed the EACC that he 'has
reviewed the decision to charge all the suspects in the matter and directed
that the file be closed for lack of sufficient evidence,” Oparanya said.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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