A senior National Youth Service (NYS) employee has denied any links to a hotel in Embu that was raided by anti-graft agency detectives as part of a Sh2 billion investigation.
On Friday, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) announced that it had conducted a raid at the Mavvel hotel, allegedly linked to David Mbogo, the Head of Procurement at NYS Training School in Gilgil. EACC said the operation yielded evidence supporting investigations into suspected conflict of interest and abuse of office involving senior NYS officials.
Mbogo has now written to EACC through his lawyer, accusing the commission of a smear campaign and failure to conclude investigations that began in May last year. In a letter dated April 20, addressed to EACC’s head of investigations, Mbogo claims the commission has made persistent, erroneous, and highly prejudicial statements against him.
“These assertions, as we shall demonstrate, are false, misleading and made in reckless disregard of facts already within your possession,” the letter reads. “The conduct of the commission amounts to a deliberate and sustained pattern of harassment, misrepresentation and abuse of investigative powers.”
Mbogo’s lawyer, Onuong’a Makori, attached a CR12 certificate to prove that his client has no interest in the hotel. The document shows Naftali Kiberu as the sole director and shareholder of The Mavvel Place Limited.
The lawyer further questioned why EACC obtained a parallel search warrant from a Nyeri court when the matter was already pending at Milimani law courts in Nairobi, where a similar warrant had been lifted.
Makori also noted that Mbogo served as Head of Supply Chain Management at NYS for only 21 days—from April 17 to May 7 last year—yet he is being investigated for procurement irregularities spanning from 2017 to March 2025, a period during which he held no office.
“In May last year, your commission conducted a similar raid widely publicized across social media, alleging involvement in a Sh2 billion heist at NYS,” the lawyer said. “The publications made in May 2025 and April 2026 are materially identical. This demonstrates the commission is not engaged in genuine investigation, but rather recycling allegations for public sensationalism.”
Mbogo has demanded that EACC retract its statements, desist from further misrepresentation, and issue a public apology on X (Twitter) within seven days. He has threatened legal action for constitutional violations, reputational injury, and defamation if the commission fails to comply.
