Speaker and Clerk of County Assembly of Homa Bay to appear before EACC over academic certificates

By Hope Barbra

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission  (EACC) has summoned the Speaker and the Clerk of the County Assembly of Homa Bay for an interview and production of various documents to the commission.

In a summon dated 2^nd October 2024, addressed to the Clerk and captioned “ request to appear for interview/provide documents” asked the two to appear before the  Commission’s  South Nyanza, Regional officer tomorrow on 8^th October 2024.

The summon read in part “To facilitate the investigations,  the office invites the following for interview. They include Julius Odhiambo Gaya and Anne Ager,”.

In a signed summon by the EACC regional boss Mr. Kipsang Sambai directed the acting clerk to provide various documents for the interview.

The documents required by EACC include an original application letter for the post of speaker by Julius  Odhiambo Gaya and a copy of the advertisement for the post of speaker for the county assembly of  Homa Bay for September  2022.

Other documents include the personnel file of MS Anne Ager, the acting  Clerk of the County Assembly of Homa Bay, and also the appointment letter of MS Anne Ager to the acting clerk of the County Assembly of Homa Bay.

Finally,  the minutes of the county assembly of Homa Bay Service Board appointed MS Anne Ager as the acting Clerk.

“The interview and statement recording will be conducted on Tuesday 8^th October 2024, from  9.00 am to 11.00 am. The venue of the interviews will be at our regional offices in Kisii located along the kissi-Kilgoris road,” read the summon.

Kipsang said the Commission officers will be available to guide the two during the interview and statement recording process.

But when we contacted the speaker for comment, he did not answer to our telephone call.

This is the second time, Gaya has been summoned by the Commission, where he was required to provide his original academic documents and other testimonials as mandatory for pre-election clearance.

In a summon that was written to the then clerk  Ms. Faith Apuko asked her to provide a certified copy of the Hansard proceedings for the session during the elections of the speaker.