The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has charged a Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) officer with receiving bribes after allegedly demanding money to assist a school in filing tax returns.
According to a statement released on Thursday, November 13, Mr. Evans Agumba Oriato, a Compliance Officer based at KRA Kisumu, was arraigned before the Kisumu Anti-Corruption Court on three counts of receiving a bribe contrary to Section 6(1) as read with Section 18(1) and (2) of the Anti-Bribery Act No. 47 of 2016.
EACC investigations established that Mr. Oriato solicited and received a Ksh500,000 bribe as an inducement to ‘assist’ Jane Memorial Secondary School in filing tax returns for the years 2016 to 2020.
The Commission received a report from the complainant, indicating that the suspect had summoned them to his office to discuss filing nil returns for the school.
On December 31, 2021, he allegedly demanded Ksh1 million to help resolve purported filing irregularities and received a down payment of Ksh500,000, with the balance to be paid upon completion of the process.
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Following persistent demands for the remaining amount, the complainants reported the matter to EACC's Western Regional Office in Kisumu.
Acting on the report, the Commission mounted an operation that led to the arrest of the suspect while receiving Ksh250,000. He was processed at the EACC offices and released on a cash bail of Ksh100,000 pending further action.
Upon completion of investigations, EACC submitted the file to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), who reviewed the evidence and concurred with the Commission's recommendations to prosecute.
Mr. Oriato was summoned on November 12, 2025, booked at the Railways Police Station, Kisumu, and held overnight pending arraignment.
He subsequently denied the charges and was released on a bond of Ksh500,000 with a surety of a similar amount.
This arrest comes just days after another government official was charged with forgery and fraudulent acquisition of public funds.
On November 10, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission arraigned Ms. Asembo Babra Gladys, a former employee of the Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company Limited (NCWSC), for allegedly using a forged Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) certificate to secure employment.
Ms. Asembo faced multiple charges, including fraudulent acquisition of Ksh6,236,053.10 from NCWSC, deceiving a principal contrary to Section 41(2) as read with Section 48(1) of the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act, 2003, forgery contrary to Section 345 as read with Section 349 of the Penal Code, and uttering a false document contrary to Section 353 of the Penal Code.
The Commission commenced investigations following a report alleging that Ms. Asembo had used a forged KCSE certificate to secure employment at NCWSC as an ICT Assistant.
Ms. Asembo was initially arrested on September 3, 2025, and released on a cash bail of Ksh25,000, pending arraignment on September 5, 2025. However, she failed to appear in court and went into hiding, prompting the court to issue a warrant of arrest on September 17, 2025.
She was re-arrested at her hideout and subsequently taken to court, where she denied all the charges. She was released on a bond of Ksh1,000,000 with two sureties of a similar amount.
