Migori County Assembly Speaker Boaz Okoth has been arrested after allegedly attempting to remove files from Finance office in a dawn break-in.
County police boss Mark Wanjala revealed that the speaker along with seven others were arrested after as they carted away files and computers from the county finance office.
The eight were taken to the Migori Police Station where they recorded statements on Wednesday, February 2, 2022.
Okoth is alleged to have broken into the office of the Assembly Chief Finance Officer on the night of Tuesday, February 1.
“He broke into the office at around 3 am while in the company of seven others,” a junior officer at the Assembly who sought anonymity told a local daily.
According to reports, the finance officer got wind of the planned break-in and alerted police officers that his office was being vandalized.
The source told the publication that the speaker had already moved the files to his office and locked himself inside his chambers alongside his accomplices by the time the police arrived.
“They refused to open for the officers and slept inside the office until this morning when he opened and they got arrested,” he added.
It is alleged that the Speaker had accused the finance officer of misappropriating Assembly funds.
Police officers arrested the Speaker and three others and also confiscated the files and the computers.
Wanjala confirmed that the Speaker was in custody for further interrogation.
“We have him, plus others,” he said.
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