{"id":134098,"date":"2026-03-13T06:02:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T06:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/eacc-warns-ng-cdf-officials-against-corruption-cites-67-ongoing-investigations\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T06:02:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T06:02:51","slug":"eacc-warns-ng-cdf-officials-against-corruption-cites-67-ongoing-investigations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/eacc-warns-ng-cdf-officials-against-corruption-cites-67-ongoing-investigations\/","title":{"rendered":"EACC warns NG-CDF officials against corruption, cites 67 ongoing investigations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 13 \u2014 The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has urged managers and committee members of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) to strictly adhere to principles of integrity, transparency and legal compliance in the management of public funds.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on behalf of EACC Chief Executive Officer Abdi Mohamud, the commission\u2019s Western Regional Manager Eric Ngumbi warned that corruption within devolved funds continues to undermine development at the grassroots.<\/p>\n<p>Ngumbi addressed a forum attended by more than 350 NG-CDF officials from 33 constituencies across Kakamega County, Bungoma County, and Busia County.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no doubt that while Kenyan devolved funds, including NG-CDF, have registered tremendous transformation at the grassroots level, these funds have also been infiltrated by corrupt elements who see them as avenues for self-enrichment through looting,\u201d Ngumbi said.<\/p>\n<p>The commission noted that corruption within the NG-CDF programme ranges from procurement fraud and ghost projects to outright misuse of public funds, practices it says erode public trust and undermine development outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>According to the anti-graft agency, 67 investigations related to NG-CDF corruption are currently ongoing, with cases at different stages within the criminal justice system.<\/p>\n<p>EACC reiterated that it is intensifying efforts in corruption prevention, enforcement and asset recovery to safeguard public resources and ensure the fund delivers meaningful impact to communities.<\/p>\n<p>The forum was convened to strengthen governance practices among NG-CDF officials and enhance oversight mechanisms to curb misuse of funds at the constituency level.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 13 \u2014 The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has urged managers and committee members of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) to strictly adhere to principles of integrity, transparency and legal compliance in the management of public funds. Speaking on behalf of EACC Chief Executive Officer Abdi Mohamud, the commission\u2019s Western [&hellip;]<\/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-134098","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\/134098","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=134098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134098\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}