Former Nyandarua Governor Daniel Waithaka was on Thursday arrested by EACC amid the probe into a fraudulent Sh50million water and sewerage tender.
The former county chief was arrested alongside former Water CEC Grace Gitonga and chief officer Kihiu Gichinga over the tender awarded to Tahal Consulting Engineers.
The three were nabbed after presenting themselves to the Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC) detectives in Nyeri after they were summoned.
Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji had ordered the governor and seven other suspects arrested and prosecuted.
The DPP stated that EACC received reports December 4, 2014, and on May 15, 2016, that the officials flouted procurement rules.
"The EACC undertook investigations and established that the county government of Nyandarua unlawfully engaged M/S Tahal Consulting Engineers Ltd."
"The firm was to undertake the development of a county masterplan, design, and review of the sewerage system and unlawfully paid a sum of S 50, 470, 513.90," Haji said in a press statement.
Waithaka was held at the EACC for hours for processing and later taken to central police station. He will be taken to court on Friday.
Others implicated in the Sh50 million scandal include John Ngigi and Jesse Wachira, former officials of the county government.
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