How EACC plans to end looting of public resources
Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission Vice Chairperson Sophia Lepuchirit addresses delegates from the EACC and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions at Whitesands hotel in Mombasa on November 15, 2016. She has said the war against corruption is not faltering. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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- Lepuchirit said corruption and impunity must be brought to an end.
- Lepuchirit said efforts to recover 14 illegally acquired public assets estimated at Sh2.3 billion are ongoing.
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission has given priority to cases involving high profile individuals and huge losses of public resources.
EACC Vice Chairperson Sophia Lepuchirit on Monday said more than 3,000 cases involving state and public officers - both in the national and county governments - are being investigated.
Speaking during the opening of a leadership workshop for the Kenya Ports Authority senior managers at North Coast Beach Hotel, Kilifi County, Ms Lepuchirit said corruption and impunity must be brought to an end.
"Public officers must strictly operate within the dictates of the law of quit the service," she said.
CONVICTIONS
In the last financial year, the EACC announced that it had submitted to the Director of Public Prosecutions over 100 files on corruption and economic crimes; 135 of the cases were recommended for prosecution and 14 for administrative action.
"Some 49 cases were finalised in court, resulting in 39 convictions. We will continue to promptly submit completed files to the DPP for expeditious prosecution of offenders," Ms Lepuchirit added.
She said efforts to recover 14 illegally acquired public assets estimated at Sh2.3 billion are ongoing.
"Out of this figure, assets valued at Sh352 million have since been recovered and returned to the public. EACC has also disrupted corruption networks through proactive covert investigations and averted possible loss of public funds estimated at Sh4.2 billion," she added.
The EACC, she said, has filed three petitions at the high court for dismissal of three state officers over lack of integrity.
