{"id":104195,"date":"2024-12-04T08:03:30","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T08:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/12\/04\/mps-comittee-approves-eacc-ceo-nominee-abdi-mohamud\/"},"modified":"2024-12-04T08:03:30","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T08:03:30","slug":"mps-comittee-approves-eacc-ceo-nominee-abdi-mohamud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/mps-comittee-approves-eacc-ceo-nominee-abdi-mohamud\/","title":{"rendered":"MPs comittee approves EACC CEO nominee Abdi Mohamud"},"content":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya Dec 3 \u2013 Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) deputy Chief Executive Officer Abdi Ahmed Mohamud might be the commission\u2019s next Chief Exectutive Officer after the National Assembly\u2019s Justice and Legal Affairs Committee (JLAC) approved his nomination.<\/strong><\/p>\n

National Assembly Justice and Legal Affairs Committee chaired by Tharaka Member of Parliament George Murugara tabled the report on his approval hours after his vetting.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat taking into consideration the findings of the committee on the vetting of the nominee, this House approves appointment of Mr Mohamud as the secretary and CEO of the EACC,\u201d the report read.<\/p>\n

During his vetting before the House team, Mohamud who has a net worth\u00a0of Sh135 million boasted of being the suitable successor of Twalib Mbarak, whose six-year nonrenewable term expired.<\/p>\n

Mohamud, who has previously served as a police investigator and a trained lawyer will be the first office holder to have risen through the ranks to scale up to the post as previous Chief Executive Officers are political appointees.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf approved I will be the first CEO of the commission who is an insider and who understands the inside of the commission,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mohamud disclosed delays in charging suspects has derailed the war against corruption especially in the public service where high levels of corruption have been reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe level of corruption in the country is extremely high. If people are investigated and charged quickly it will be justice served for the people,\u201d the nominee said.<\/p>\n

He assured the MPs that he will bank on his 30 years\u2019 experience\u00a0 in fighting corruption to take the war against\u00a0 graft to the next level with a view of strengthening the Leadership and Integrity Act to make it effective.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Leadership and Integrity Act is not in conformity with Chapter Six of the constitution. This law has a lot of gaps that have not helped in the anti-graft campaign because we only enforce what is there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mohamud dispelled assertion that he is a political appointee and will only become a State\u2019s conveyor belt to weaponize the war against corruption, noting that it is the law that will guide him. <\/p>\n

He told the MPs that the commission has recovered over Sh4.5 billion a year for the last five years.<\/p>\n

He revealed plans to have talks with the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) over the possibility of having EACC lawyers be part of the DPP\u2019s prosecution team in the cases investigated by the commission.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first assignment is to sit down with the DPP to deliberate on the need of appointing EACC lawyers as a test case to prosecuting the cases investigated by the commission,\u201d said Mohamud.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have lawyers who are involved in the investigations from the start to the end. They have a better way of understanding the cases than a lawyer laying their hands on the file for the first time. If engaged, no case will be lost for want of evidence,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Mohamud has dedicated his career to addressing corruption and other economic crimes, which he says has made significant contributions to the field.<\/p>\n

Before his current position, Mohamud served as the Director in charge of Investigations at the EACC for over a decade, overseeing high-profile cases and led various investigative initiatives of the commission.<\/p>\n

His journey in law enforcement began in 1989 when he joined the Kenya Police Service as a Cadet Inspector.<\/p>\n

In 2005, he transitioned to the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC), which later became the EACC, initially taking on the role of Senior Officer in charge of the Rapid Response Division (RPD) and progressively advancing to lead the Directorate of Investigation.<\/p>\n

If the House adopts the committee\u2019s report and is subsequently appointed by President William Ruto, Mohamud will take over from becoming the commission\u2019s fourth CEO under the 2010 constitution.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya Dec 3 \u2013 Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) deputy Chief Executive Officer Abdi Ahmed Mohamud might be the commission\u2019s next Chief Exectutive Officer after the National Assembly\u2019s Justice and Legal Affairs Committee (JLAC) approved his nomination. National Assembly Justice and Legal Affairs Committee chaired by Tharaka Member of Parliament George Murugara tabled the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104195\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}