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EACC has obtained a court order requiring a former Homa Bay County Government employee to refund Ksh708,664 after investigations established that she received double salary payments.
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has obtained a court order requiring a former Homa Bay County Government employee to refund Ksh708,664 after investigations established that she received additional salary payments over a period of more than three years.
In a judgment delivered on September 18, the High Court ordered Evelyne Adhiambo Ogweno, a former medical social worker at Ndiru Hospital Centre in Rangwe Sub-County, and former County Payroll Officer Maurice Ochieng Wambo to jointly and severally refund the money to the Government of Kenya.
In a statement on Wednesday, September 23, EACC said the case followed investigations into multiple salary payments involving current and former employees of the Homa Bay County Government.
"The recovery follows investigations into the payment of multiple salaries to current and former employees of Homa Bay County Government," the statement read.
The inquiry established that Ogweno, who previously worked in the County Department of Health Services, received additional salary payments between February 2015 and May 2018.
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During the period, she received Ksh708,664 over and above her regular salary.
EACC subsequently filed a recovery suit against Ogweno and three former county payroll officials, seeking to recover the additional funds paid through the county payroll system.
The commission said the case formed part of a wider series of recovery suits arising from investigations into alleged losses within the Homa Bay County Government payroll system.
"The recovery is part of a series of cases filed by the Commission following investigations into the alleged loss of Ksh42,249,988 through the Homa Bay County Government payroll system," the statement added.
EACC also said it was pursuing criminal proceedings against public officials found to have played significant roles in the alleged payroll fraud.
"In addition to the recovery of the lost public funds, the Commission is also pursuing the prosecution of public officials found to bear the greatest responsibility for the payroll fraud," the statement concluded.
This comes days after a former Assistant Elections Officer at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) was fined Ksh80,000 after being found guilty of uttering a fake degree certificate.
In a statement on Monday, September 21, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) said the accused, George Kipyatich Kibor, will serve 8 months in prison in default of the fine.
"In its judgment delivered on September 17th 2026, the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court found Mr. George Kipyatich Kibor guilty of uttering a false document and fined him Ksh 80,000, and in default, he is to serve eight months’ imprisonment," EACC said.
According to the commission, Kibor submitted a forged Bachelor of Business Management (Finance and Banking) degree certificate purportedly issued by Moi University.
The accused allegedly presented the certificate in support of his application for promotion from IEBC Grade 8 to Grade 7.
"Investigations by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) established that Mr. Kibor had submitted a forged Bachelor of Business Management (Finance and Banking) degree certificate, purportedly issued by Moi University, in support of his application for promotion from IEBC Grade 8 to Grade 7,".EACC added.
Kibor was subsequently arrested and charged before the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court on 10 March 2026 with forgery of a degree certificate and uttering a false document.
The accused was, however, acquitted of the forgery charges.
