Willis Otieno Drops Explosive Dossier on a Decade of Kenya’s Grand Corruption

Lawyer Willis Otieno has stirred debate online after publishing what he calls a “Chronological Dossier of Kenya’s Grand Corruption (2014–2024)”. 

In the lengthy post shared on X, Otieno retraced some of the country’s biggest corruption scandals, linking them to broken promises, constitutional breaches, and wasted opportunities.

The dossier opens with the 2014 Eurobond scandal, where $999 million reportedly disappeared into offshore accounts. Otieno argues that the money could have transformed lives by building hospitals or hiring teachers, yet Kenyans were left with debt instead.

From there, he revisits the 2015 National Youth Service scandal, where KSh 791 million was lost through fake tenders and inflated contracts. 

Barely three years later, NYS II followed with an even bigger theft of KSh 9 billion, showing how cartels had mastered loopholes in government payment systems.

Health was not spared either. In 2016, the Afya House scandal saw KSh 5 billion diverted through ghost suppliers, inflated tenders, and fake deliveries. 

“Funds meant for free maternity care and HIV drugs were stolen,” Otieno noted, blaming the theft for shortages that left patients struggling.

The lawyer also flagged the Arror and Kimwarer dams scandal (2018–2019), where KSh 63 billion was borrowed for dams that were never built, and the infamous KEMSA “COVID Billionaires” saga, where KSh 7.8 billion was looted in the middle of a pandemic.

Ruto’s flagship Hustler Fund, launched in 2022, rounds off the dossier. Otieno says billions remain unaccounted for, while most ordinary borrowers only accessed KSh 500 loans.

By chronicling these scandals, Otieno paints a grim picture of how impunity has thrived for a decade. 

His post has sparked conversations online, with Kenyans questioning whether justice will ever be served for these mega scams.