EACC says Raila Odinga has submitted statement on Eurobond funds
What you need to know:
- This means that the drama around the possibility of forcing Mr Odinga to heed summons or face arrest has come to an end.
- Mr Waqo said the statement would be analysed and the commission would consider whether it is necessary to have Mr Odinga provide more information.
Now that Cord leader Raila Odinga has submitted a statement on his claims about the Eurobond, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission has announced it has stopped pursuing him.
EACC chief executive Halakhe Waqo said that by submitting the statement through his lawyers, Mr Odinga had fulfilled the agency's requirements for now.
"That means for now he has complied and nothing is to be pursued beyond this," Mr Waqo has said at a press conference at Integrity Centre in Nairobi.
This means that the drama around the possibility of forcing Mr Odinga to heed summons or face arrest has come to an end.
The statement by Mr Odinga's lawyers was submitted last Friday and was based on two Treasury documents.
Mr Waqo said the statement would be analysed and the commission may ask Mr Odinga to provide more information if it is needed.
Last week, Mr Odinga was summoned to appear before the EACC on Monday over the claims he had made on the use of Eurobond funds.
EACC officials had warned that Mr Odinga would be prosecuted if he failed to honour the new summonses.
