The Anti-Corruption Agency has uncovered multiple instances of corruption involving the head of the Republican Methodological Centre for Phytosanitary Diagnostics and Forecasts, a state institution under the committee of state inspection in the agro-industrial complex of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
This was reported today at a briefing by the Anti-Corruption Agency. The official is suspected of systematically receiving bribes in exchange for general patronage at work from the heads of the centre's branches in the Atyrau, Zhambyl, East Kazakhstan, Karaganda, and Kyzylorda regions, as well as the Abai and Zhetysu regions.
By court order, the suspect has been placed under house arrest. Meanwhile, the investigation will consider the liability of the heads of the centre's branches regarding the bribery offences. It has been reported that the investigation is ongoing.
It has come to light that since August 2023, the head of the Republican State Enterprise "Republican Methodological Centre for Phytosanitary Diagnostics and Forecasts" has been Zhanybek Kenesbekov. 
In the screenshots of money transfers, which are suspected to have been bribes, dates can be seen that correspond to the period when Kenesbekov held the position.
