Two Bungoma-based auctioneers are under investigation after they were accused of colluding with a local company to unlawfully seize assets of a technical institute.
The Ethics and Anti-graft Commission (EACC) has already summoned the auctioneers over the sale of assets of Matili Technical Training Institute, with reports that the two, who are proprietors of an auction firm in Bungoma, benefited from money realised from the sale of the institution's vehicle worth Ksh5.4 million, which was sold for paltry Ksh1.2 million. EACC confirmed that the two were summoned alongside a third auction firm owner.
The three are accused of colluding with individuals from the said company, currently under investigation for the unlawful seizure of Matili's assets, over false debt claims. "The accused are the proprietors of Eshikhoni Auctioneers, who benefited from the proceeds of the sale of a Matili driving school vehicle worth Kshs 5.4 million, which was sold for Kshs 1.2 million.
They were summoned alongside the owner of another auction firm who is currently engaged by the company to seize and auction more assets on account of a payment claim that EACC investigations have since established to be fake and non-existent," EACC confirmed. EACC CEO Abdi Mohamud during a courtesy call on the Inspector General of the National Police Service (NPS), Douglas Kanja at Jogoo House in Nairobi on January 27, 2025.
