Kalaki leaders reject recovered files pending police investigations
Kalaki district chairperson Moses Oriada, accompanied by the district speaker, Charles David Enepu, and the secretary for health and education, Monica Ipega, said they could not receive the assorted files and laptop until the police cleared the matter.
Some of the district officials of Kalaki during the meeting over the retrieved files. (Photo by Michael Onyinge)
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The district leadership of Kalaki has declined to accept some retrieved files and a laptop allegedly removed from its offices before the current leaders took office.
Kalaki district chairperson Moses Oriada, accompanied by the district speaker, Charles David Enepu, and the secretary for health and education, Monica Ipega, said they could not receive the assorted files and laptop until the police cleared the matter.
When Oriada and other district executive committee members assumed their offices in May 2026, they alleged that they found empty cabinets, with only furniture left behind.
They suspected their predecessors of having taken the missing files, a matter that the chief administrative officer, Francho Olaboro, promised to follow up on.
Oriada opened a case at Kalaki Central Police Station under reference number GEF 016/2026.
Some of the files being organised in the office of the LC5 chairperson of Kalaki District. (Photo by Michael Onyinge)
Although some of the files have since been retrieved, none of the former leaders has accepted responsibility for their disappearance.
On this basis, Oriada said the recovered items should be handed over to the police so that investigations could establish who had taken the documents.
“When we raised this matter, we were accused of lying. If we were telling lies, where have these files and a laptop come from?" Oriada asked.
Kalaki speaker Charles David Enepu said that since the matter had been reported to the police, it was appropriate for the police to investigate and clear it.
Enepu said items belonging to his office, including the speaker's gown, were still missing.
Kalaki, acting principal assistant chief administrative officer Patrick Abongi, who represented the CAO, said they had considered handing over the recovered items.
The officer in charge of Kalaki Central Police Station, Francis Bwanika, said a case had been opened, but the allegedly recovered files had not yet been delivered to the police.
“We do not know anything. Our inquiries are still going on, and we will be glad to continue with our investigation since some of the files have been retrieved," he said.
Bwanika said they had intended to search the homes of those suspected of taking some of the files, but could not proceed after some district officials promised to have the items recovered.
Kalaki deputy resident district commissioner Patrick Bosco Oluka said it was a wise decision to allow the police to conclude investigations into the matter reported to them.
He said the police would establish who had taken the items after recording statements from those involved.
It is not yet known who returned each of the recovered items. The police are expected to establish this through their investigations.