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EACC has summoned Garissa Governor Nathif Jama Adam over allegations of embezzlement of public funds and irregular hiring in the county.

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has summoned Garissa Governor Nathif Jama Adam over allegations of embezzlement of public funds in the county.

In a letter dated August 19, 2025, EACC also said the Garissa Governor is being investigated over irregular recruitment of employees in the county between October 2022 and June 2024.

EACC asked the ODM Governor to present himself before the commission’s headquarters at the Integrity Center, Nairobi, on August 25, 2025, at 10:00 AM.

“The Commission is investigating allegations of embezzlement of public funds and irregular recruitment of employees by Garissa County Government from October 2022 to June 2024.

“To facilitate the investigation, kindly avail yourself for an interview and statement recording at our Nairobi Integrity Centre offices located at Jakaya Kikwete/Valley road Junction on 25th August, 2025 at 10.00 AM,” read part of the statement.

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File image of Garissa Governor Nathif Jama Adam. 

EACC noted that the investigation into the Garissa Governor would be conducted by Simon Cherpka, the Assistant Director in charge of Macro Investigation at the EACC.

This comes days after EACC Chairperson David Oginde revealed that 9 governors are under investigation for allegations of corruption.

Speaking on August 12, Oginde said the investigations on the 9 county bosses are at different stages.

“We are pursuing quite a number of governors; at the moment, 9 governors are under scrutiny at different levels of their cases, which is unfortunate considering we have only 47 counties, and 9 out of 47 is a very high percentage. Not just governors, it goes all the way down to other staff of the counties,” the EACC Chairperson stated.

Oginde noted that counties considered marginalized are the worst affected by corruption.

He mentioned that elected leaders in the marginalized counties siphon public funds and invest them in Nairobi instead of working to uplift their counties.

"I have been surprised that some of the worst-hit counties are those that are considered marginalized. They are given privileges to try and bring the county up, but the leaders in those counties are syphoning that money and bringing it back to Nairobi to buy apartments and start businesses,” Oginde added.