{"id":144707,"date":"2026-06-24T06:02:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T06:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/eacc-arrests-security-firm-director-over-sh5-4mn-tender-fraud-in-kisii\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T06:02:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T06:02:48","slug":"eacc-arrests-security-firm-director-over-sh5-4mn-tender-fraud-in-kisii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/eacc-arrests-security-firm-director-over-sh5-4mn-tender-fraud-in-kisii\/","title":{"rendered":"EACC Arrests Security Firm Director Over Sh5.4mn Tender Fraud in Kisii"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KISII, Kenya Jun 24 \u2013 The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has arrested a director of a security company over allegations of procurement fraud linked to a Sh5.4 million security services contract at Keroka Technical Training Institute in Kisii County.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect, identified as Gilbert Momanyi Maturwe, a director of Gimo Security and Investigation Services Limited, was taken into custody on Monday in connection with the award and execution of the contested tender.<\/p>\n<p>According to the EACC, the arrest follows investigations into alleged irregularities in the procurement and implementation of the security services contract at the institution.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission said the suspect was expected to be arraigned before Chief Magistrate\u2019s Court 1 in Kisii on Tuesday, June 24, 2026, at 9:00 am for plea taking.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities allege that the tender was awarded under questionable circumstances, prompting a probe into possible procurement violations and financial misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>The case is part of ongoing efforts by the EACC to crack down on corruption and irregularities in public procurement processes across government institutions and public entities.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect is expected to face charges related to procurement fraud as investigations into the matter continue.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KISII, Kenya Jun 24 \u2013 The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has arrested a director of a security company over allegations of procurement fraud linked to a Sh5.4 million security services contract at Keroka Technical Training Institute in Kisii County. The suspect, identified as Gilbert Momanyi Maturwe, a director of Gimo Security and Investigation Services [&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-144707","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\/144707","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=144707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144707\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}