Kilifi Assistant County Commissioner arrested for stealing, selling relief food worth Ksh.550K
Kilifi Assistant County Commissioner Teddy Buya Bonaya after his arrest for selling relief food. PHOTO | COURTESY | EACC
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The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission
(EACC) on Wednesday arrested a Kilifi Assistant County Commissioner for
allegedly stealing and selling relief food valued at Ksh.550,200.
Teddy Buya Bonaya is reported to have stolen
105 bags of rice and 1 bag of beans in 2020, which were meant for the needy
population of Tana North in Tana River County.
He was, at the time of the offence, working
as an Assistant Commissioner in Tana River before being transferred to his current
position in Ganze sub-county, Kilifi County.
The anti-graft commission launched
investigations in April 2020 after receiving reports that 300 bags of relief
food belonging to residents of Tana North were missing.
The resultant file was forwarded to the Office
of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) to charge the suspect with abuse
of office contrary to Section 46 as read with Section 48 of the Anti-Corruption
and Economic Crimes Act, 2003.
Bonaya was nabbed in Malindi town and was
immediately escorted to the EACC Garissa Regional Offices for processing.
He is set to be arraigned before the Garissa
anti-corruption court on Thursday, March 1, 2024.
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