{"id":3091,"date":"2022-11-07T16:22:41","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T16:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countysplash.co.ke\/?p=3091"},"modified":"2022-11-07T16:22:41","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T16:22:41","slug":"eacc-grills-governor-fernandes-barasa-over-graft-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=3091","title":{"rendered":"Eacc grills Governor Fernandes Barasa over graft allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><code>By Anne Chebet, Nairobi<\/code><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa spend the\nbetter part of today at the Ethics Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) offices being\ngrilled over alleged corruption during his tenure at the Kenya Electricity\nTransmission Company (Ketraco).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eacc summoned Governor Barasa last week to answer\nto queries over suspected fraudulent payments to Lake Turkana Wind Power for a\nproject in Marsabit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> <strong><code> The anti corruption agency will release details on the case at a later stage when the investigations in the case is concluded <\/code><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Yasmin Amaro, the Eacc spokesman,\nBarasa arrived at the Integrity centre at 9.30am. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/center.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/center.jpg 800w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/center-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/center-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/center-696x464.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption><strong><code>Eacc centre<\/code><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the time of going to the press, the second\ngovernor of Kakamega was still being grilled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> <strong><code>The MPs were seeking to know how Sh600million in excess was allegedly paid to Lake Turkana Wind Power. <\/code><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barasa resigned as Ketraco CEO in February this\nyear, two months before the expiry of his tenure in April. He went to become\nKakamega Governor after beating his close rival Cleophas Malala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MPs of the last parliament questioned the motive\nof his early exit from office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MPs were seeking to know how Sh600million in\nexcess was allegedly paid to Lake Turkana Wind Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Amaro said the anti corruption agency will release details on the case at a later stage when the investigations in the case is concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Anne Chebet, Nairobi Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa spend the better part of today at the Ethics Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) offices being grilled over alleged corruption during his tenure at the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (Ketraco). Eacc summoned Governor Barasa last week to answer to queries over suspected fraudulent payments to Lake Turkana Wind Power [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kenya-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Eacc grills Governor Fernandes Barasa over graft allegations - Horizon News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=3091\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Eacc grills Governor Fernandes Barasa over graft allegations - Horizon News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Anne Chebet, Nairobi Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa spend the better part of today at the Ethics Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) offices being grilled over alleged corruption during his tenure at the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (Ketraco). 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