{"id":143765,"date":"2026-06-11T18:02:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T18:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/north-rift-water-agency-auditor-arrested-for-demanding-ksh400000-bribe\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T18:02:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T18:02:46","slug":"north-rift-water-agency-auditor-arrested-for-demanding-ksh400000-bribe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/north-rift-water-agency-auditor-arrested-for-demanding-ksh400000-bribe\/","title":{"rendered":"North Rift water agency auditor arrested for demanding Ksh400,000 bribe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has arrested an auditor attached to the North Rift Valley Development Water Agency over allegations of soliciting a Ksh400,000 bribe from a contractor in exchange for a favourable audit report.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Michael Maleya Omondi was arrested in Eldoret following an operation conducted by EACC investigators after a complaint was lodged with the Commission.<\/p>\n<p>According to EACC, the complainant alleged that the auditor had demanded money to influence the outcome of an audit exercise.<\/p>\n<p>Acting on the report, investigators mounted an operation and apprehended the suspect after he allegedly received Ksh400,000 from the complainant.<\/p>\n<p>Omondi was processed at the EACC North Rift Regional Office and later released on a cash bail of Ksh100,000 pending the conclusion of investigations and further action.<\/p>\n<p>EACC said it remains committed to strengthening accountability and integrity in public affairs management, adding that enforcement action will continue against individuals implicated in corruption-related conduct.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/north-rift-water-agency-auditor-arrested-for-demanding-ksh400000-bribe\/\">North Rift water agency auditor arrested for demanding Ksh400,000 bribe<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/\">KBC Digital<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has arrested an auditor attached to the North Rift Valley Development Water Agency over allegations of soliciting a Ksh400,000 bribe from a contractor in exchange for a favourable audit report. Michael Maleya Omondi was arrested in Eldoret following an operation conducted by EACC investigators after a complaint was lodged [&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-143765","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\/143765","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=143765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143765\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}