$100M GRAFT: Chief prosecutor beams searchlight on Kenya’s banks

Kenya’s probe into an alleged theft of 8bn Kenyan shillings (£59m; $78m) has forced the country’s chief prosecutor to beam its searchlight on some banks.

According Noordin Mohamed Haji, a probe to examine the alleged role of banks in facilitating nearly $100 million suspected corruption scam involving a government agency and companies is underway.

Haji also added that he had charged 40 civil servants and 14 private sector officials in what he called the first stage of an ongoing corruption probe.

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He said prosecution would begin immediately for all the suspects named in an investigation by the Director of Criminal Investigation, though those names have not been made public yet.

The current scandal follows one three years ago at the same agency. Earlier this year, a court acquitted nearly two dozen officials at the agency after a trial over the alleged theft of 48 million shillings in 2015.

 

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