EACC Hits Back at Didmus Barasa for Publicly Dismissing Multimillion Scandal
EACC Hits Back at Didmus Barasa for Publicly Dismissing Multimillion Scandal: The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has vowed to utilise its enforcement powers to ensure that Kimilili Member of Parliament Didmus Barasa complies with recent summons.
This move comes amid escalating tensions between the commission and the outspoken legislator, who has openly defied the EACC’s call to appear for questioning.
The commission stated,”EACC is vested with appropriate enforcement powers and mechanisms to compel the attendance of an uncooperative suspect who is required to appear before it,”
“No suspect can purport to choose or pretend to enjoy the discretion of whether or not to honour summons by investigative agencies,” The Commission stated.
Barasa, in his response to the summons, dismissed the EACC’s jurisdiction over the matter, stating his intention to resolve the dispute in civil court instead.
Didmus stated,”Let the lady go to the civil court and I will meet her there. For your summons, I will not come. I will not show up. I replied to your officer and indicated not to honour the said summons because the commission cannot be reduced into a debt collection agency,”
“I would like to bring to your attention that the deposit of Ksh2,000,000 to my bank account was a soft loan from the said politician who unsuccessfully ran for governor in a county in Kenya on 13th December 2023,” Barasa explained